After selection, the IRTS probationers undergo Foundation training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), along with trainees of IAS, IPS and other Civil Services. IRTS probationers then report to their Centralized Training Institute (CTI) - Indian Railways Institute for Transportation Management, Lucknow (IRITM) for joining formalities and induction into the cadre as Officer Trainees or Probationary Officers. This is followed by visit to a host of academies and institutions, over a period of next 78 weeks, to give wide-ranging exposure to officer trainees which would be useful in their career as railway officers. Some of these institutions include- Operations and Commercial Training at Indian Railways Institute for Transport Management, Lucknow (IRITM) Railway Foundation Course at National Academy of Indian Railway (NAIR), Vadodara. Operations Training at Zonal Railway Training Institute (ZRTI), Udaipur Marketing Management and Transport Economics at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Operations Research at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tourism and Hospitality management Training at Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Training at Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Academy, Ghaziabad Accounts Training at Centralised Training Academy for Railway Accounts (C-TARA), Secundarabad Secretariat Training at Institute for Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), New Delhi Ethical Governance Training at Initiatives of Change (IofC), Panchgani Accounts Training at National Academy Of Audit and Accounts (NAAA), Shimla Metro Rail Training at Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), New Delhi Military Logistics Training at Sena Bhavan, New Delhi Appreciation program at Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun Container Logistics Training at Inland Container Depot (ICD), Tughlaqabad Signals and Tele-communications Training at Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET), Secundarabad P-Way, Works and Contract Management Training at Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (IRICEN), Pune Locomotive, Rolling Stock and Workshop Management Training at Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE), Jamalpur Electric Traction and Railway Electrification Management Training at Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering (IRIEEN), Nashik Infrastructure Security Management Training at Jagjivan Ram Railway Protection Force Academy (JRRPF), Lucknow Railway Information Infrastructure Management Training at Centre for Railway information systems (CRIS), New Delhi Parliamentary Procedures Training at Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training (BPST), New Delhi Divisional attachments at 68 divisions spread across the length and breadth of the country Industrial Field visits – Coal India, Aditya Birla Cements, TATA, Bhilai Steel Plant Port Attachments – Paradip, Vishakhapatnam, JNPT, Mangalore, Krishnapatnam, Ennore etc. Appreciation Visits