Events	Dates
Railway Recruitment ALP/Technician 2019 Notification	3rd February 2019
Start of Railway ALP/Technician 2019 Online Application	3rd February 2019
Last Date To Apply Online	31st March 2019
First Stage CBT Of ALP/Technician	August-September 2019
Second Stage CBT Of ALP/Technician	To be notified soon

Note: Accordingly, the revised online applications with the modified eligibility were made available for submission of application from 28th February 2019. The closing date for submission of online application for Group-D (Level 1) and ALP/Technician was extended to 31.03.2019. Railway Vacancies for Assistant Loco Pilot & Technicians: Total No. of Posts: 60,000

	RRB Boards	No. Of Vacancies
1	AHMEDABAD	164
2	AJMER	1221
3	ALLAHABAD	4694
4	BANGALORE	1054
5	BHOPAL	1679
6	BHUBANESWAR	702
7	BILASPUR	945
8	CHANDIGARH	1546
9	CHENNAI	945
10	GORAKHPUR	1588
11	GUWAHATI	422
12	JAMMU-SRINAGAR	367
13	KOLKATA	1824
14	MALDA	880
15	MUMBAI	1425
16	MUZAFFARPUR	465
17	PATNA	454
18	RANCHI	2043
19	SECUNDERABAD	3262
20	SILIGURI	477
21	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM	345
	Total	26,502

Level 02 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix with initial pay of Rs.19900/- plus other allowances as admissible. 

Educational Qualification:

Name Of Post	Qualification
Loco Pilot (ALP)	10th/12th standard + ITI in the relevant trade or 10th/12th standard + Diploma in the relevant trade or 10th/12th + Degree In Engineering
Technicians	10th/12th + ITI from recognized institutions of NCVT/SCVT in the relevant trade.

 Some Important Points: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(which includes Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering , Mechanical Engineering ,Automobile  Engineering with the combination of various streams in the respective Engineering Traits is acceptable for the post of Assistant Loco Pilot).Candidates passed out with Physics and Maths in intermediate(12th Standard) are eligible for Technician Grade III Signal and Technician Grade III Telecommunication posts namely Post 70 and Post 71 respectively.It has been notified that for the post of Technicians, Diploma/Degree in Engineering will not be accepted in place of course completed Act Apprentice/ITI unless it is specified otherwise. Following the same, Graduate Act Apprentice will not be accepted in place of Course Completed Act Apprenticeship (CCAA)Note:  Those awaiting results of the final examination for the prescribed qualification are not eligible and hence should not apply.  Age Limit:Minimum Age: 18 yearsMaximum Age: 30 years The maximum age relaxation:OBC – by 3 years & SC/ST – by 5 years Application Fees:UR & OBC:  500/-SC / ST / Ex-Serviceman / PWDs / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class :  250/-The Board has now declared that the application fee of Rs. 400/- will be refunded for Unreserved Candidates appearing for Railway Recruitment Exam and the complete exam fee of Rs. 250/- will be refunded for candidates belonging to reserved category.Selection process:For the post of ALP (Assistant Loco Pilot):-First stage CBTSecond Stage CBT)Computer Based Aptitude Test (AT).Document Verification and Empanelling of CandidatesFor the post of Technician:First stage CBTSecond Stage CBT)Document Verification and Empanelling of CandidatesNote: Marks will be normalized in all the stages of exam. Exam Pattern Of RRB:First Stage Computer Based Test (CBT):

This exam will be of qualifying in nature. But Minimum percentage of marks for eligibility in various categories are:
UR -40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%.  

	Subjects	No. Of Questions	Duration
1	Mathematics	20 Questions	60 min
2	General Intelligence and Reasoning	25 Questions
3	General Science	20 Questions
4	General awareness on current affairs	10 Questions

 It will consist of multiple-choice objective type questions [bilingual (Hindi/English)]Negative Marking: For every wrong answer 1/3 marks will be deducted.Total number of candidates to be shortlisted for second stage shall be 15 timesthe community wise total vacancy of ALP and Technician Posts notified against the RRB as per their merit in First Stage CBT. Second Stage Computer Based Test (CBT):Part A

	Sections	Number of Questions	Duration
1.	Mathematics	100 Questions	90 minutes
2.	General Intelligence & Reasoning
3.	General Science
4.	General Awareness on Current Affairs

 Minimum percentage of marks for eligibility in various categories : UR -40%, OBC-30%, SC-30%, ST -25%.It will consist of multiple-choice objective type questions [bilingual (Hindi/English)]Negative Marking: For every wrong answer 1/3 marks will be deducted.Part B
This part is qualifying in nature

Subjects	No. Of Questions	Duration
Relevant Trade	75 questions	60 min

 Qualifying Mark: 35 % (This is applicable to all candidates and no relaxation is permissible).This part is qualifying in nature and shall have questions from the trade syllabus prescribed by Director General of Employment & Training (DGET). Computer Based Aptitude Test (Only for candidates who have opted for ALP)The candidate needs to secure a minimum score of 42 marksin each of the test batteries to qualify. This is applicable to all candidates and no relaxation is permissible.There shall be no negative marking in Computer Based AT.The ALPmerit list will be drawn only from amongst the candidates qualifying in the Aptitude Test, with 70% weight age for the marks obtained in the Part A of Second Stage CBT and 30% weight age for the marks obtained in Computer Based AT. Document Verification and Empanelling of Candidates For Technician posts:-Based on the performance of candidates in Part A of the Second Stage CBT subject to their qualifying the Part B of Second Stage CBT.For ALP:- Based on the performance of candidates in both Part A of the Second Stage CBT and Computer Based AT subject to their qualifying the Part B of Second Stage CBT.