It seems that a possible French term is "grandes correspondances", but "grandes" means "big" or "great" and some uses of this term seem to refer to important c

It seems that a possible French term is "grandes correspondances", but "grandes" means "big" or "great" and some uses of this term seem to refer to important connections or major locations for connections, as opposed to physically distant ones. (Like if we referred to "the biggest tourist destinations", a common interpretation could be the ones that receive the most tourists, rather than the destinations that are themselves largest or most populous.) "Correspondances" are what could be called "connections", "(inter)changes", or "transfers" in English (either locations for, acts of, or opportunities for switching from one transportation service to another). The word is also used for situations like air travel connections, not just subway connections. I only speak a little French and mainly formed these conclusions from some brief web searching just now. :-) This Tweet refers to "la plus grande correspondance souterraine possible sans prendre un seul train" (the largest [i.e., longest] possible underground connection without catching a single train). So, it can clearly refer to a physically "large" distance to travel for a connection. https://twitter.com/ElyssFr/status/1031511189325373440 https://twitter.com/ElyssFr/status/1031511189325373440