Indian Railways Centralised Employment Recruitment 2026

Centralised Railway Vacancy Recruitment Year 2026

Indian Railways invites online applications in the prescribed format from eligible Indian Nationals for recruitment and filling of the following various Group-B and Group-C category Sarkari Naukri vacancy posts for various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) under Indian Railways Centralised Recruitment for the year 2026. Published for https://www.SarkariNaukriBlog.com :

Railway Centralised Recruitment 2025 Vacancies

• Centralised Recruitment 04/2026 for recruitment for the various posts of Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant etc. - Apply online from 14/08/2026 to 13/09/2026 only
1. Junior Engineer (JE)/ Depot Material Superintendent (DMS)/ Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant (CMA): 4029 vacancies, Pay Scale: Pay Level-6 of 7th CPC ₹35400-112400, Age: 18-33 years as of 01/07/2026


• Centralised Recruitment 03/2026 for recruitment of various Section Controller posts - Apply online from 15/07/2026 to 14/08/2026 only
1. Section Controller: 119 vacancies, Pay Scale: Pay Level-6 of 7th CPC ₹35400-112400, Age: 20-33 years as of 01/07/2026


• Centralised Recruitment 02/2026 for various posts of Technicians, Apply online from 30/06/2026 to 29/07/2026 only
• Technician Grade-I Signal: 323 vacancies, Pay Scale: Pay Level-5 of 7th CPC ₹29200-93200, Age: 18-33 years as of 01/07/2026
• Technician Grade-I Signal: 6234 vacancies, Pay Scale: Pay Level-2 of 7th CPC ₹19900-63200, Age: 18-30 years as of 01/07/2026


• Centralised Recruitment 01/2026 for Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) vacancies - Apply online from 15/05/2026 to 14/06/2026 only
1. Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP): 11127 vacancies, Pay Scale: Pay Level-2 of 7th CPC ₹19900-63200, Age: 18-48 years as of 01/07/2026

How to Apply for Railway Centralised Recruitment 2026?

Suitable and desirable candidates should apply online in the prescribed format at any of the RRB websites on or before the last date mentioned above, only for the Railway Centralised Vacancy Recruitment for the year 2026.

Examination Fee

An examination application fee of ₹500/- is to be paid through online mode of internet banking, debit/credit cards or UPI. Out of the fee of ₹500, an amount of ₹400 shall be refunded, duly deducting bank charges, on appearing in CBT. 

Application fee of ₹250 will be applicable for SC, SC, Ex.SM, Female, Transgender, Minorities or EBC candidates. This fee of ₹250 shall be refunded, duly deducting bank charges, on appearing in CBT.

Selection Recruitment Examination

There shall be two stages of Computer-Based Test (CBT), followed by document verification (DV) and medical examination (ME). Questions for CBTs will be available in English, Hindi and 13 regional Indian languages (viz., Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu). The dates of the 1st/2nd Stage Computer-Based Test (CBT) will be announced later on.

View - List of all Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) with their websites, where you can see detailed advertisements and submit an online application at https://rrb.indianrailways.gov.in.

Details and online application format 

Please view https://www.sarkarinaukriblog.com/2018/02/rrb-rrc-list-indian-railways.html for the list of various RRBs for details and online submission of application.