The Trinity Line launch reshaped the distribution of subscribers across Moscow’s metro, while the adjacent Sokolnicheskaya and Kaluga-Riga branches recorded about a 10 percent shift in data transfers and a 20 percent rise in internet use at the new stations. This pattern emerged after MTS opened the line and began analyzing the dynamics of mobile internet usage along the metro corridors.
One month after the Trinity Line’s initial segment opened in September 2024, MTS reported a 5 percent decrease in active users and internet traffic in the Kaluga-Riga area. The decline was attributed to nearby regions starting to utilize the new stations.
By late December 2024, with the second stage opening, internet traffic along the Trinity line continued to change. Through January, several Kaluga-Riga stations saw a 3.2 percent drop in internet users and data transfers on the MTS network, bringing the total decrease along this direction to 8 percent.
Most notably, the Bellaevo and Teply Stan stations were brought online within the MTS network.
At the same time, the launch of the second stage relieved the Sokolnicheskaya line to a single stage at a section where two branches pass near the Novomoskovskaya stations. By the end of January, user numbers and data traffic at University Station fell by 6.5 percent, at Southwest by 9.6 percent, and at Troparevo by 5.5 percent.
Conversely, one month after the second stage opened, data traffic on the first stage rose 15-20 percent, with a 24 percent increase at Novatorkaya station where it intersects with BCL.
Dmitry Rylov, Vice President of MTS for the Moscow region, explained that changes in network load closely follow passenger flow, indicating strong demand for the new metro line among residents.
With the openings, MTS announced the deployment of modern telecom infrastructure inside the subway, ensuring passengers can use standard online services and enjoy high-quality mobile connections smoothly.
Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for transportation and industry, noted that the Trinity Line increases accessibility for around 900 thousand Muscovites and stressed that stable, high-quality mobile service has been available from day one at the new stations.
Thanks to metro network modernization, MTS reported a 20 percent increase in data transfers across all lines in 2024, doubling the capital’s overall growth rate of mobile internet traffic.