There are 10 ways to get from Quebec to Rochester by plane, train, bus, bus (Greyhound), car, train (Amtrak), or bus (Flixbus)
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Fly to Rochester
best- Fly from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) to Rochester (ROC)plane YQB - ROC
8h 25m$178–922Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Québec to Montréalbus
- Take the bus from St-Antoine O. @ Rue Mansfield // St Antoine W. @ Mansfield St. to SCARBORO GO - 330 Borough Dr.bus
- Take the bus from Scarborough Centre to Rochester Bus Stopbus
17h 33m$76–168Train, bus
- Take the train from Québec to Montréaltrain
- Take the train from Montréal to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochestertrain
14h 30m$162–664Bus via Albany
- Take the bus from Québec to Longueuil, Métro Longeuilbus
- Take the bus from Longueuil to Albanybus
- Take the bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to Rochester Bus Stopbus
14h 55mDrive 456.7 mi
- Drive from Quebec to Rochestercar 456.7 mi
9h 2m$105–151Fly to Toronto Island Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane YQB - YTZ
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochestertrain
9h$195–628Fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane YQB - YYZ
- Take the bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochestertrain
9h 13m$201–597Fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- Fly from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane YQB - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester Bus Stopbus
9h 26m$133–718Train
- Take the train from Québec to Montréaltrain
- Take the train from Montréal to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Rochestertrain
15h 38m$175–639Train via Schenectady
- Take the train from Québec to Saint-Lamberttrain
- Take the train from St-Lambert Amtrak Station to Schenectadytrain
- Take the train from Schenectady to Rochestertrain
15h 50m$219–588
Quebec to Rochester by train, bus, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Quebec to Rochester is to drive which costs $100 - $160 and takes 9h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Quebec to Rochester is to fly which takes 8h 25m and costs $170 - $950.
No, there is no direct bus from Quebec to Rochester. However, there are services departing from Québec and arriving at Rochester Bus Stop via Longueuil and Albany Bus Terminal, NY. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Quebec to Rochester. However, there are services departing from Québec and arriving at Rochester via Montréal and Toronto Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 38m.
The distance between Quebec and Rochester is 416 miles. The road distance is 459.4 miles.
The best way to get from Quebec to Rochester without a car is to train and bus which takes 14h 30m and costs $160 - $700.
It takes approximately 8h 25m to get from Quebec to Rochester, including transfers.
Quebec to Rochester bus services, operated by Jaguaride, depart from Québec station.
Quebec to Rochester train services, operated by VIA Rail, depart from Québec station.
The best way to get from Quebec to Rochester is to fly which takes 8h 25m and costs $170 - $950. Alternatively, you can bus via Albany, which costs and takes 14h 55m, you could also train, which costs $170 - $650 and takes 15h 38m.
What companies run services between Quebec, QC, Canada and Rochester, NY, USA?
United Airlines and American Airlines fly from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) to Rochester (ROC) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Québec to Rochester Bus Stop via Longueuil, Métro Longeuil, Longueuil, Albany, and Albany Bus Terminal, NY in around 14h 55m.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–360
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–360
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Rochester via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Rochester via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Toronto Island Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–370
Flights from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–360
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Québec to Montréal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $45–120
- Business
- $75–180
- Business Plus
- $85–190
- Economy
- $50–130
- Economy Plus
- $55–130
Train from Montréal to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $85–210
- Business
- $120–240
- Business Plus
- $130–250
- Economy
- $100–210
- Economy Plus
- $110–220
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $25–80
- Business
- $55–160
- Business Plus
- $65–170
- Economy
- $28–85
- Economy Plus
- $30–95
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $25–80
- Business
- $55–160
- Business Plus
- $65–170
- Economy
- $28–85
- Economy Plus
- $30–95
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $25–80
- Business
- $55–160
- Business Plus
- $65–170
- Economy
- $28–85
- Economy Plus
- $30–95
Train from Québec to Montréal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $45–120
- Business
- $75–180
- Business Plus
- $85–190
- Economy
- $50–130
- Economy Plus
- $55–130
Train from Montréal to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $85–210
- Business
- $120–240
- Business Plus
- $130–250
- Economy
- $100–210
- Economy Plus
- $110–220
Train from Toronto Union Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $45–120
- Business
- $80–190
- Business Plus
- $90–200
- Economy
- $50–130
- Economy Plus
- $55–140
Train from Québec to Saint-Lambert
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $40–120
- Business
- $75–180
- Business Plus
- $85–190
- Economy
- $45–130
- Economy Plus
- $50–130
Train from Schenectady to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $55–140
- Business
- $90–200
- Business Plus
- $100–210
- Economy
- $60–150
- Economy Plus
- $70–160
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Niagara Falls Amtrak Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from St-Lambert Amtrak Station to Schenectady
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–190
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Schenectady to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 866 488 4452
- questions@ca.megabus.com
- Website
- Megabus
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from Union Stn Bus Terminal, 81 Bay St at Lakeshore Blvd, 2nd Floor to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $16–55
Bus from St-Antoine O. @ Rue Mansfield // St Antoine W. @ Mansfield St. to SCARBORO GO - 330 Borough Dr.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–70
- Website
- Megabus
- Adult Advanced Booking
- $7–45
- Adult Standard
- $50–70
- Phone
- +1 438 793 4003
- info@jaguaride.com
- Website
- Jaguaride Transport
Bus from Québec to Longueuil, Métro Longeuil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- Jaguaride Transport
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Albany Bus Terminal, NY to Rochester Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Scarborough Centre to Rochester Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 833 449 6444
- serviceclient@keolis.ca
- Website
- Orleans Express
Bus from Québec to Montréal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- Orleans Express
- Adult
- $35–50
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Booking & Getting There
Quebec to Rochester bus services, operated by Jaguaride, arrive at Longueuil, Métro Longeuil station.
Quebec to Rochester train services, operated by VIA Rail, arrive at Saint-Lambert station.
Yes, the driving distance between Quebec to Rochester is 459 miles. It takes approximately 9h 2m to drive from Quebec to Rochester.
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