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What is the distance between Montreal and Quebec City/ is there bus service?

Is there any kind of bus service/ tours that would take a person from Montreal to Quebec City (hopefully stopping at cool sites en route)? Or is hitch-hiking a possible option? Is it much safer here than in the U.S. and do the cops crack down at all if you get scene with your thumb up by the side of the road? Or is there a diff. sign to be utilized in order to signal someone to pull over and pick you up?

Public Comments

1. Total Est. Time: 2 hours, 56 minutes Total Est. Distance: 157.78 miles
2. it's about 3 hours, you can go by bus which is reputable & clean, or by train (which is generally the most expensive). You can do the traditional stick the thumb out (that's pretty well international) but a lot of students hitchhiking will use a sign saying the name of the place they want to go. Truck drivers aren't supposed to pick up hitchhikers but other drivers can. A while ago I used to go between Ottawa, Montreal & Quebec City regularly and used a safer alternative to hitchhicking, its called ALLO stop. It's basically people with cars that register for others to share the ride & pay some gas money. That way it's a little more organised and someone knows that you've gone off in someones car...
3. no
4. Roommate of mine used to hop on freight trains. Failing that, he would hitch-hike. I was going to suggest the allo-stop option too. Not sure what cool sites you think there are between Montreal and Quebec city...Drummondville Tim Hortons was usually our only stop.
5. Hello, App. 247 km between the two cities. The simplest is to use the "Orleans Express" service from the Berri station in downtown Montreal (which can be reach easily with the subway). Buses are leaving on a continuing basis (at least once/hour). It's fast, reliable and fairly cheap and for that reason, I wouldn't even explore hitchhiking. I would surely avoid the train (so Long...) and the plane (so expensive). Sadly, between Quebec and Montreal, few stops are worth seeing. The highway 20 crosses nothing but industries, fields and woodlands. It's a little bit like crossing Illinois!!! I think it's a better option to invest more time in Montreal than stopping in "Drummondville" or "Laurier-Station". Once in Quebec city, you can sleep in a youth hostel downtown, or look for some B&B around. Levis may be of real interest if you look for accomodation. Located in front of Quebec city (on the other side of the St-Lawrence River), the view is fantastic and some B&B are affordable and well-located. With the ferry, you'll be from Levis to the old city in less than 15 minutes (go for a ride on the ferry anyway, since you gonna have the best view on the old city!) Otherwise, I think you will love Quebec a lot! For the food, for the people, for the nature... It's just great!