RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD – ASSISTANT LOCO PILOT & TECHNICIANS POST ANNOUNCED

Dear Banking Aspirants,

Opportunities Galore! Yes , Railway Recruitment Board has released the notification for the post of  Assistant Loco Pilots and Technicians. When aspirants were getting ready to prepare for the Banking Exam, this notification comes as a surprise to everyone. The total number of vacancies available for the recruitment of Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician amounts to 26502. The number of vacancies are tentative and can be increased or decreased according to the needs of the Railway recruitment.

There shall be two stages examination (First stage CBT and Second Stage CBT) common for ALP and Technician. In addition , candidates who have opted for ALP and qualified in Second Stage CBT have to undergo Computer Based Aptitude Test (AT). Marks will be normalized in all the stages of exam. Candidates who are awaiting for the results mentioned in the educational qualification are not eligible to apply. So if you are waiting for the results and not having the required educational qualification , you are not eligible to apply.

Only the candidates who fulfill the eligibility process and the eligibility process can apply for the Railway recruitment board vacancies.

It has been mentioned in the notification that, 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. Annexure-A may be referred for the prescribed qualification against each of the posts. 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).


Exam Pattern for RRB Technician Post :

  • First Stage Computer Based Test
  • Second Stage Computer Based Test
  • Document Verification 

Exam Pattern for RRB Assistant Loco Pilot Posts :

  • First Stage Computer Based Test
  • Second Stage Computer Based Test 
  • Computer based Aptitude Test
  • Document Verification 

There are lot of information present in the notification and you can check the notification and can download the same from the PDF link given below.


DOWNLOAD – Recruitment of Assistant Loco Pilot & Technicians – (26,502) Post. 


It has also been mentioned in the notification that a candidate can apply only one time and applying more time result in disqualification of their candidature. 

  • Date of Publication : 03:02:2018
  • Date & Time of Closure of Application : 05:03:2018 upto 23:59 Hrs.
  • The First stage of Computer based Test is tentatively scheduled at April and May, 2018. The dates of the other stages of the exam will be released through the official website.

The website to apply for the vacancies available in Assistant Loco Pilot and Technicians is put in the maintainance mode, so we will notify the candidates once it is available. Also please apply for the Exams before the end date because we don’t know when the website will go down and normally the central government exam website servers will be down in the last few days to apply for the exams.