Difference between revisions of "Toulouse"
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Second opinion : you can walk to the entrance of the "périphérique" (ring road) at Pont Jumeaux as well (10mns walk from metro Canal du Midi), there are 2 traffic lights there. Easy to go there (plus standing at the péage might be forbidden), nice spot, but took me like 1 hour to get a ride, both times. | Second opinion : you can walk to the entrance of the "périphérique" (ring road) at Pont Jumeaux as well (10mns walk from metro Canal du Midi), there are 2 traffic lights there. Easy to go there (plus standing at the péage might be forbidden), nice spot, but took me like 1 hour to get a ride, both times. | ||
| − | === | + | ===The [[Péage]] towards the South-East=== |
| − | + | First, take metro line B in the direction ''Ramonville'' to the very last stop. Then you can get to the péage : | |
| + | * '''on foot''', is about 30 minutes walking (3km). Turn left at the traffic circle just out the metro station. Follow the ''autoroute/Montpellier'' signs until the entrance of the highway (you should find cardboard there) the peage is only 2km further. | ||
| + | * '''by bus''', get directly in the 79 ([http://www.tisseo.fr/sites/default/files/Tisseo_ete79web.pdf PDF with the route and the timetables of the bus 79]) Get off at the bus stop ''Commerce''. At the traffic circle in front of you, turn right and cross a fast road (not the highway though) then get on a bridge above a canal. There is a gate at the end of the bridge you might have to climb but so far, it was open. You can see the small bridge on the [http://maps.hitchwiki.org/?lat=43.54602858169725&lng=1.501157283782959&zoom=17&trip=0&view=0 map]. | ||
| − | + | ====Towards [[Carcassonne]], [[Montpellier]], [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]])==== | |
| + | Most of the cars are going this way, you should get a ride in a few minutes. | ||
| − | If the driver is not going all the way to Foix or Andorra, he might be able to drop you off at the | + | ====Towards [[Foix]], [[Andorra]]==== |
| + | A few kilometers after the péage the highway splits, with most traffic going on to Montpellier and no way to drop you. Therefore a sign reading ''direction Foix'' is essential.<br> | ||
| + | If the driver is not going all the way to Foix or Andorra, he might be able to drop you off at the péage ''Pamiers'', from which one can easily continue on. | ||
| − | + | [[User:phlyming|Phlyming]] has found easier to directly walk onto the interchange bridge in the north, follow the direction to A91 and get to peage. | |
==Public transport== | ==Public transport== | ||
Revision as of 16:42, 25 July 2010
Toulouse is a city in the South West of France.
Several motorways meet at Toulouse so it's a great place to change routes if your driver is no longer going the same way as you. Toulouse's bypass is complicated, so try to change vehicles at a péage when entering the motorway. If you change at the exit péage before entering the Toulouse bypass a lot of passing traffic won't be going the same way as you.
Hitching Out
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Northwards Bordeaux, Agen, Limoges, Paris
To get to the large péage where all the traffic in this direction must stop, take the metro line B, get off at the stop "La vache" then get the bus 60 or 69 and get off at "Laparrou". Near to this bus stop there is the small dead-end street "Impasse des Horticulteurs", at the end of which is the tollgate.
Second opinion : you can walk to the entrance of the "périphérique" (ring road) at Pont Jumeaux as well (10mns walk from metro Canal du Midi), there are 2 traffic lights there. Easy to go there (plus standing at the péage might be forbidden), nice spot, but took me like 1 hour to get a ride, both times.
The Péage towards the South-East
First, take metro line B in the direction Ramonville to the very last stop. Then you can get to the péage :
- on foot, is about 30 minutes walking (3km). Turn left at the traffic circle just out the metro station. Follow the autoroute/Montpellier signs until the entrance of the highway (you should find cardboard there) the peage is only 2km further.
- by bus, get directly in the 79 (PDF with the route and the timetables of the bus 79) Get off at the bus stop Commerce. At the traffic circle in front of you, turn right and cross a fast road (not the highway though) then get on a bridge above a canal. There is a gate at the end of the bridge you might have to climb but so far, it was open. You can see the small bridge on the map.
Towards Carcassonne, Montpellier, Barcelona (Spain)
Most of the cars are going this way, you should get a ride in a few minutes.
Towards Foix, Andorra
A few kilometers after the péage the highway splits, with most traffic going on to Montpellier and no way to drop you. Therefore a sign reading direction Foix is essential.
If the driver is not going all the way to Foix or Andorra, he might be able to drop you off at the péage Pamiers, from which one can easily continue on.
Phlyming has found easier to directly walk onto the interchange bridge in the north, follow the direction to A91 and get to peage.
Public transport
Eventhough it's hard to get in the metro without ticket, is good to know that tickets are valid during 1 hour after the first punch. That means trash bins are full of valid tickets ;)
