IBPS IRTS Exam 2025

What is IBPS IRTS Exam?

The Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) is civil service or a competitive exam in India conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) India. The exam is held for the recruitment of Department of Indian Railways.

The Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) is an organized Group 'A' service of the Government of India. The central service is responsible for managing the Transportation Operations and Commercial wings - of the Indian Railways.

Traffic Department comprises two branches -

• Operations
• Commercial
  

UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2025 Exam Date

The Union Public Service Commission has released the notification for Civil Service Examination (CSE) Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) Preliminary Examination 2025 on 22 January, 2025. Candidates who are eligible can register from 22 January, 2025 and last date to submit the application form is on 11 February, 2025. The UPSC IRTS Preliminary Exam 2025 has schedule on 25 May, 2025 and the UPSC IRTS Mains Exam will be conducted in a Pen and Paper-Based Test mode on 22, 23, 24, 30 & 31 August, 2025 (5 Days). The CSE IRTS will be held in two session every day.

UPSC IRTS Forenoon Session will be conducted from 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and the 2nd Session (Afternoon) will be held from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. THe UPSC IRTS Prelims Exam will be conducted on 25 May, 2025.

There are two main streams of Traffic Department, Operations and Commercial, where these officers are posted.

Roles

• coordinates the production and sale of transportation output
• manages the customer interface of railways

Responsibilities

• ensure smooth and fast transportation of freight and passengers
• ensure optimum utilization of assets maximizing output with least inputs
• coordinating with the service departments by looking after various assets of railways like track, wagons, engines, signals
• combines the outputs of the various departments maintaining the assets - rolling stock and fixed infrastructure to produce a service output - passenger or freight