Dear Aspirants,
Railway Recruitment Boards are organisations under the Government of India that manage the appointment of new employees to work in Indian railways. There are 21 boards situated in different parts of India. The RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD (RRB) has released the Recruitment notification of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) & Technicians. Application will begin from 03/02/2018 onwards and will close on 31/03/2018. All the eligible candidates can apply for the same. Given are the Notification Details.
Total number of vacancies: 26502
a) Assistant Loco Pilot: 17673
b) Various posts of Technicians: 8829
Important dates:
| Event | Date |
| Release of Application Form | 03/02/2018 |
| Last Date of Registration Process (Earlier) | 05/03/2018 |
| Revised Last Date of Registration Process | 31/03/2018 |
| Tentative First stage Computer Based Test (CBT) | April/May 2018 |
| Dates for other stages of recruitment process | shall be intimated through RRB's website |
Eligibility Criteria:
Revised age Limit for ALP & TECHNICIAN:
| Category | Notified age limit | Revised age limit |
| UR | 28 | 30 |
| OBC | 31 | 33 |
| SC | 33 | 35 |
| ST | 33 | 35 |
(B)Essential Academic Qualifications: (AS ON 05/03/2018)
Candidates should have the Educational/Technical qualifications indicated for notified posts in the CEN from recognized Institute/University as on the closing date for submission of the ONLINE application. You can check the prescribed qualification against each of the posts from Official Notification from the link given below . Those awaiting results of the final examination of the prescribed educational/technical qualification SHOULD NOT apply.
Diploma/Degree in Engineering will not be accepted in lieu of course completed Act Apprenticeship / ITI for the post of Technicians unless otherwise specified. Graduate Act Apprentice will not be accepted in lieu of Course Completed Act Apprenticeship (CCAA).
Click here for the Detailed Eligibility criteria for ALP & Technician
Application Fees (Refundable):
| S. No. | Candidate Categories | Application Fee | Refundable fee |
| 1. | For all candidates except the fee concession categories mentioned below at S. No 2 | 500/- | 400/- |
| 2. |
For Candidates belonging to SC / ST / Ex-Serviceman / PWDs / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class. *This fee of Rs 250 shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges as applicable, on appearing in First Stage CBT. |
250/- | 250/- |
MODES OF PAYMENT OF FEE:
1. ONLINE fee payment through internet banking or debit/credit cards upto 05.03.2018 till 22.00 Hrs.
2. OFFLINE fee payment through:
Procedure for refundable of fee:
those Exam Fee Refundable Candidates who have appeared in First Stage CBT, the exam fee of 500\-or `250/- paid by them through online payment (Debit Card, Credit Card and Net Banking) shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges to the same account from which the online payment was made. The candidates who have made payment of ` 500/- or 250/- through SBI Challan or Post office Challan Mode should provide details of beneficiary account in which they would like to receive the refund viz. Beneficiary name, Bank name, Account Number and IFSC Code.
Selection Process:
The selection process will consist of on-line test (First Stage & Second Stage) and Medical tests.
1. First Stage CBT (Common for ALP/Technician):
| Sr. No. | Name of Tests (Objective) |
No. of Questions | Total Time |
| 1 | Mathematics | 75 | 60 Minutes |
| 2 | General Intelligence and Reasoning | ||
| 3 | General Science | ||
| 4 | General awareness | ||
| Total | |||
2. Second Stage CBT: The Second Stage CBT shall have two parts viz Part A and Part B as detailed below and The Total Duration is 2 hours and 30 Minutes (for Part A and Part B together)
| Part | Name of Tests (Objective) |
No. of Questions | Total Time |
| Part A |
Mathematics | 100 | 90 Min |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | |||
| Basic Science and Engineering | |||
| General Awareness on Current Affairs | |||
| Part B | Professional Knowledge | 75 (Qualifying Mark: 35 %) | 60 Min |
Note: Part B is qualifying in nature and shall have questions from the trade syllabus prescribed by Director General of Employment & Training (DGET). Candidates with ITI/Trade Apprenticeship qualification will be required to appear in the section having questions from the relevant trade. Candidates holding Degree, Diploma and HSC (10+2) having eligibility for the posts of ALP have to select relevant trade from the list of trades listed against their engineering discipline/HSC (10+2). The trade syllabus can be obtained from the DGET website. The relevant trades for various engineering discipline/HSC (10+2) for appearing in the qualifying test is mentioned in the official notification.
Negative Marking: There shall be negative marking for incorrect answers in First and Second Stage CBT. 1/3rd of the marks allotted for each question shall be deducted for each wrong answer. There shall be no negative marking for Computer Based Aptitude Test.
MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR THE POSTS:
| S. No. | Medical Standard | GENERAL FITNESS | VISUAL ACUITY |
| 1. | A-1 | PHYSICALLY FIT IN ALL RESPECT | Distance Vision: 6/6, 6/6 without glasses with fogging test (must not accept +2D) Near Vision: Sn: 0.6,0.6 without glasses and Must pass tests for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Field of Vision, Night Vision, Mesopic Vision etc |
| 2. | B-1 | PHYSICALLY FIT IN ALL RESPECT | Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D) Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and Must pass test for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Night Vision, Mesopic Vision etc |
| 3. | B-2 | PHYSICALLY FIT IN ALL RESPECT | Distance Vision: 6/9, 6/12 with or without glasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D). Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required and Must pass test for Binocular Vision etc |
| 4. | C-1 | PHYSICALLY FIT IN ALL RESPECT | Distance Vision: 6/12, 6/18 with or without glasses. Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasses when reading or close work is required. |
PAY SCALE:
The Basic pay scale is 19900/- plus other allowances as admissible.
RRB Online Registration 2018:
RRB Regions Name and Official Website:
| RRB’s Region Name | Official Website |
| RRB Allahabad | www.rrbald.gov.in |
| RRB Jammu and Srinagar | www.rrbjammu.nic.in |
| RRB Mumbai | www.rrbmumbai.gov.in |
| RRB Kolkata | www.rrbkolkata.gov.in |
| RRB Malda | www.rrbmalda.gov.in |
| RRB Secunderabad | www.rrbsecunderabad.nic.in |
| RRB Bhopal | www.rrbbpl.nic.in |
| RRB Siliguri | www.rrbsiliguri.org |
| RRB Ajmer | www.rrbajmer.org |
| RRB Ahmedabad | www.rrbahmedabad.gov.in |
| RRB Gorakhpur | www.rrbgkp.gov.in |
| RRB Bilaspur | www.rrbbilaspur.gov.in |
| RRB Chennai | www.rrbchennai.gov.in |
| RRB Muzaffarpur | www.rrbmuzaffarpur.gov.in |
| RRB Patna | www.rrbpatna.gov.in |
| RRB Bhubaneswar | www.rrbbbs.gov.in |
| RRB Bangalore | www.rrbbnc.gov.in |
| RRB Ranchi | www.rrbranchi.org |
| RRB Thiruvananthapuram | www.rrbthiruvananthapuram.gov.in |
| RRB Chandigarh | www.rrbcdg.gov.in |
| RRB Guwahati | www.rrbguwahati.gov.in |
