Editing Saint Pierre and Miquelon (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:SPM Ferries' Nordet, serving the Fortune–Saint-Pierre route, in port at Saint-Pierre.jpg|thumb|[[SPM Ferries]]' Nordet, serving the Fortune–Saint-Pierre route, in port at Saint-Pierre]]
[[File:Air Saint-Pierre aircraft taking off from Miquelon Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Air Saint-Pierre]] aircraft taking off from Miquelon Airport]]
[[File:North American-style license plate in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.jpg|thumb|[[Vehicle license plates of the United States#Plate sizes|North American-sized license plate]] in Saint-Pierre. [[European vehicle registration plate#Format|European-sized plates]] are also issued to suit cars brought over from Europe.]]
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon has {{cvt|114|km|mi}} of [[highway]]s plus {{cvt|45|km|mi}} of unpaved roads. Its only major [[harbour]] is at [[Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon|Saint-Pierre]] although there is a smaller harbour at [[Miquelon, Miquelon-Langlade|Miquelon]]. The collectivity has no [[merchant marine]] but has two [[airport]]s; the runway at [[Saint-Pierre Airport]] is {{convert|1800|m|ft|-1}} long, and at [[Miquelon Airport]], {{convert|1000|m|ft|-1}}. Ferry services connect the islands with each other and with [[Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador|Fortune]], Newfoundland and Labrador, [[Newfoundland]], [[Canada]], 45 km away. Crossings take 90 minutes. Saint Pierre and Miquelon no longer has any functioning [[railway]]s.<ref name="1ere">{{cite web |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/saintpierremiquelon/le-train-de-saint-pierre-un-passage-oublie-de-l-histoire-1227280.html |title=Le train de Saint-Pierre, un passage oublié de l'histoire |last=Vidal |first=Marie-Paule |date=11 February 2022 |website=francetvinfo.fr |access-date=17 December 2022 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218082017/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/saintpierremiquelon/le-train-de-saint-pierre-un-passage-oublie-de-l-histoire-1227280.html |url-status=live }} {{in lang|fr }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/schedules-and-fares/view-schedules-online-new/ |title=SPM Ferries-Departure Times |website=SPM-Ferries |access-date=18 September 2024 |archive-date=20 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720182657/https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/schedules-and-fares/view-schedules-online-new/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Ferries===
{{See also|SPM Ferries}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ferry terminal !! Ferry terminal!! Ferry company !! Summer frequency (2024)
|-
| [[Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador|Fortune]]
| [[Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon|Saint-Pierre]]
| [[SPM Ferries]]
| Service 1–2 times per day; no service on Mondays.<ref name=spmf/>
|-
| Miquelon town, Miquelon-Langlade island
| Saint-Pierre
| SPM Ferries
| Service 1–2 times per day; no service on Wednesdays<ref name=spmf>{{cite web |title=View schedules online |url=https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/schedules-and-fares/view-schedules-online-new/ |website=SPM Ferries |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-date=20 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720182657/https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/schedules-and-fares/view-schedules-online-new/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Langlade, Miquelon-Langlade island
| Saint-Pierre
| SPM Ferries
| Service 1–2 times per day; no service on Tuesdays.<ref name=spmf/>
|-
| [[Île aux Marins]]
| Saint-Pierre
| BPE
| 6 daytime crossings daily, in summer half-hourly daytime service<ref>{{cite web |title=BPE desserte Île aux Marins (PDF) |url=https://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/files/file/Ile-aux-marins/desserteIAM.pdf |website=Mairie Saint-Pierre |access-date=2 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Transports circulation |url=https://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/fr/207-transports-circulation.html |website=Ville de Saint-Pierre |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=fr |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802174803/https://www.mairie-stpierre.fr/fr/207-transports-circulation.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}
Ferry services operated by [[SPM Ferries]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/home/ |title=SPM Ferries |access-date=3 December 2020 |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815071736/https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/home/ |url-status=live }}</ref> connect Saint Pierre with Miquelon town and Langlade, and both Saint Pierre and Miquelon towns with the port of [[Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador|Fortune]] in Newfoundland, Canada. In the summer, additional services operate between St Pierre and Langlade and between Miquelon and Fortune.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/schedules-and-fares/view-schedules-online/ |title=View schedules online:SPM Ferries |access-date=22 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326170417/https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/schedules-and-fares/view-schedules-online/ |archive-date=26 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> SPM Ferries's Nordet and Suroît ferries can transport up to 188 passengers and 18 vehicles each.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Fleet |url=https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/about-us/our-fleet/ |website=SPM Ferries |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326170336/https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/about-us/our-fleet/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Jeune France'' is a smaller ferry serving seasonal local service between St. Pierre and Langlade. The ship arrived in 2012 replacing ''Saint-George XII'', and currently is used for tours.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tours and ocean cruises |url=https://www.spm-ferries.fr/en/schedules-and-fares/tours-and-ocean-cruises/ |website=SPM Ferries |access-date=1 August 2024 }}</ref>

Several cruise ship lines visit Saint-Pierre.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tourisme-saint-pierre-et-miquelon.com/en/70-cruises.html |title=Saint-Pierre & Miquelon - Cruises |access-date=17 December 2014 }}</ref> They dock 2&nbsp;km northeast of downtown, near the end of the coastal road. Boats also provide access to Ile aux Marins.

In the past from 2005 to 2009, [[Atlantic Jet]] provided a ferry service to the islands from Canada,<ref>{{cite book |title=Canada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CasRAQAAIAAJ |year=2008 |publisher=[[Lonely Planet Publications]] |page=516 |isbn=9781741045710 }}</ref> operated privately by SPM Express SA. It was replaced by the Arethusa, but the service was terminated in 2010 when the island opted to form a government-run ferry service. Due to [[Covid-19|COVID-19]] restrictions, services to Fortune were suspended between March 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferry service between Fortune, NL and St. Pierre-Miquelon halted amid coronavirus crisis |url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/provincial/ferry-service-between-fortune-nl-and-st-pierre-miquelon-halted-amid-coronavirus-crisis-425754 |author=Saltwire Network |access-date=8 July 2021 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713074431/https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/provincial/ferry-service-between-fortune-nl-and-st-pierre-miquelon-halted-amid-coronavirus-crisis-425754/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and August 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Smiles and tears of joy as ferry route between Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre reopens |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-pierre-miquelon-fortune-ferry-1.6138866 |author=CBC News |access-date=16 August 2021 }}</ref>

===Air transport===
{{see also|List of airports in Saint Pierre and Miquelon|Saint-Pierre Airport|Miquelon Airport}}

There are two airports on the islands: [[Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport]] {{airport codes|FSP|LFVP}} and [[Miquelon Airport]] {{airport codes|MQC|LFVM}}.

Air transport is provided by [[Air Saint-Pierre]] which directly connects Saint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche Airport with:
* Miquelon Airport, one of the shortest scheduled airline routes in the world in terms of distance and flight duration
* [[Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport|Montreal–Trudeau (YUL)]] in [[Quebec]], [[Halifax Stanfield International Airport|Halifax (YHZ)]] in [[Nova Scotia]], and [[St. John's International Airport|Saint John's (YYT)]] in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], Canada
* [[Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport]] (YGR), Quebec, seasonally
* [[Paris]]-[[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] (CDG) in mainland France; Air Saint-PIerre contracts with [[ASL Airlines France]] to operate that flight

====Connections with mainland France====
For many years there was no direct air link between Saint Pierre and mainland France, but in Summer 2018, [[Air Saint-Pierre]] began direct flights to and from Paris during the summer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airsaintpierre.com/en/paris/ |title=Schedule & Fares to/From Paris, France (CDG Terminal 3) |access-date=29 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529203228/http://airsaintpierre.com/en/paris/ |archive-date=29 May 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other than that option, travel to France requires a transfer, most commonly at Montreal–Trudeau, which has service:
* with [[Air Canada]] to Paris–CDG, [[Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport|Lyon]], [[Marseille Provence Airport|Marseille]], and [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]];
* with [[Air France]] to Paris–CDG;
* with [[Air Transat]] to [[Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport|Bordeaux]], Lyon, Marseille, [[Nantes Atlantique Airport|Nantes]], Nice, and Paris–CDG; and
* with [[Corsair International]] to Paris-[[Orly Airport|Orly]].

===Car transport===
In the past, Saint Pierre and Miquelon used only standard [[Vehicle registration plates of France|French vehicle registration plates]], rather than plates in the format of {{convert|6|in|spell=in}} high by {{convert|12|in|spell=in}} wide used by most other jurisdictions in North America. More recently however, American vehicles with North American plates are becoming more common, particularly since the new car ferry service to Canada began in 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 December 2021 |title=You can now drive from Canada to France, so we took a road trip |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/article-you-can-now-drive-from-canada-to-france-so-we-took-a-road-trip/ |access-date=13 June 2023 |archive-date=13 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613203036/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/article-you-can-now-drive-from-canada-to-france-so-we-took-a-road-trip/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The islands do not follow the standard French numbering system. Until 1952, cars were simply numbered from 1 onwards, without any code to identify them as being from Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Beginning in 1952, they had serial numbers followed by the letters SPM, e.g. 9287 SPM. Since 2000, all numbers have begun with the letters SPM followed by a serial number and serial letter, e.g. SPM 1 A.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://plaque.free.fr/f_dom_e.html#SP |title=French overseas possessions registrations |access-date=9 December 2007 |work=The Francoplaque License Plate Collectors site |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418023232/http://plaque.free.fr/f_dom_e.html#SP |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Road signs are in French and are European influenced.