Transport
Train services within the province serve Montréal, Gaspé, Québec
City and Jonquière, and there are also services to Ontario, New
Brunswick and the US - with Montréal very much the pivot. Buses are
your best bet for getting around, with the major places connected
by Orléans Express and Intercar services, supplemented by a network
of smaller local lines. However, distances between communities in
the outlying areas can be immense, and in order to reach more
remote parks and settlements on secondary roads a car is pretty
much essential. Around Montréal and Québec City the shores of the
St Lawrence are linked by bridges, and towards the north a network
of ferries links the Gaspé with the Côte-Nord. In the far northeast
the supply ship Nordik Express serves the Île d'Anticosti
and the roadless lower north shore as far as the Labrador border -
the ultimate journey within Québec.
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