This article will discuss in length the RRB Vacancy i.e. NTPC vacancy, ALP vacancy, Group D Vacancy and JE vacancy available for their respective exams. The exams conducted to fill in the above-mentioned vacancies are the following:
- RRB NTPC Exam
- RRB JE Exam
- RRB ALP Exam
- RRB Group D Exam
For this year’s recruitment process, the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has announced a total of 1,13,495 posts for RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC), RRB Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP), and RRB Junior Engineer (JE) categories.
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RRB Vacancy 2020-21
The RRB Vacancy for the year 2021 has been released. As per the official RRB Notifications, most of the vacancies are tentative. Candidates can bookmark this article to stay updated regarding any information about RRB Vacancies as intimated by the Railway Recruitment Board.
The details of the RRB vacancy for each exam are discussed in detail below.
RRB NTPC Vacancy
The Railway Recruitment Board is yet to announce the notification for NTPC 2021 recruitment, therefore the RRB vacancy for NTPC 2021 is not notified yet.
Railway Recruitment Board announced a total of 35277 NTPC vacancies for the RRB NTPC 2019 Exam. The details on RRB NTPC vacancy 2019 has been announced in the Official Notice released by the Railway Recruitment Board.
The following table gives a glance of RRB NTPC vacancy for Undergraduate posts with minimum educational qualifications of 12th (+2 Stage) or its equivalent examination as on July 1st, 2019.
To know more about other RRB Exams, visit the linked article.
| RRB NTPC vacancy 2019 Undergraduate Posts | |
| Name of the Posts | RRB NTPC Vacancy |
| Junior Clerk cum Typist | 4319 |
| Accounts Clerk cum Typist | 760 |
| Junior Time Keeper | 17 |
| Trains Clerk | 592 |
| Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 4940 |
| Grand Total | 10628 |
The below table outlines RRB NTPC vacancy for Graduate Posts with Minimum Educational Qualification of a University Degree or its equivalent as on July 1st, 2019.
| RRB NTPC Vacancy 2019 Graduate Posts | |
| Name of the Posts | RRB NTPC Vacancy |
| Traffic Assistant | 88 |
| Goods Guard | 5748 |
| Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk | 5638 |
| Senior Clerk cum Typist | 2873 |
| Junior Account Assistant cum Typist | 3164 |
| Senior Time Keeper | 14 |
| Commercial Apprentice | 259 |
| Station Master | 6865 |
| Grand Total | 24649 |
To know more about the exam, visit the RRB NTPC Notification page.
RRB NTPC Vacancy Zone-Wise
The RRB released the zone-wise NTPC vacancy for the RRB NTPC Exam 2019-20. Candidates can check the vacancies for their respective zones in the table given below:
| RRB NTPC Zone-Wise Vacancy 2019 | |
| Railway Board Zone | No of Vacancies |
| RRB Ahmedabad | 1024 |
| RRB Ajmer | 1773 |
| RRB Allahabad | 4030 |
| RRB Bangalore | 2470 |
| RRB Bhopal | 997 |
| RRB Bhubaneswar | 498 |
| RRB Bilaspur | 1207 |
| RRB Chandigarh | 2483 |
| RRB Gorakhpur | 1298 |
| RRB Guwahati | 851 |
| RRB Jammu Srinagar | 898 |
| RRB Kolkata | 2949 |
| RRB Malda | 1043 |
| RRB Mumbai | 3665 |
| RRB Muzaffarpur | 329 |
| RRB Patna | 1039 |
| RRB Ranchi | 1386 |
| RRB Secunderabad | 3234 |
| RRB Siliguri | 443 |
| RRB Thiruvananthapuram | 897 |
RRB NTPC Vacancy 2019:-Download PDF Here
Previous Year RRB Vacancy For NTPC Exam
The last recruitment for NTPC exam before 2019 for the year 2017. The Railway Board released the RRB Vacancy For NTPC 2017 through an official circular. The RRB NTPC vacancy for 2017-2018 is given below:
| RRB NTPC Zone Wise Vacancy 2017-2018 | |
| Railway Board Zone | No of Vacancies |
| RRB Ahmedabad | 1183 |
| RRB Ajmer | 1088 |
| RRB Allahabad | 2864 |
| RRB Bangalore | 610 |
| RRB Bhopal | 1151 |
| RRB Bhubaneswar | 770 |
| RRB Bilaspur | 302 |
| RRB Chandigarh | 604 |
| RRB Gorakhpur | 317 |
| RRB Guwahati | 409 |
| RRB Jammu & Kashmir | 171 |
| RRB Kolkata | 1408 |
| RRB Malda | 278 |
| RRB Mumbai | 2296 |
| RRB Muzaffarpur | 464 |
| RRB Patna | 714 |
| RRB Ranchi | 610 |
| RRB Secunderabad | 1618 |
| RRB Siliguri | 279 |
| RRB Thiruvananthapuram | 488 |
RRB JE Vacancy
The notification for Railway Junior Engineer 2021 exam is not released yet. The last recruitment conducted for RRB JE was in 2019.
According to the RRB Vacancy notification released for the Junior Engineer exam, a total of 13487 RRB JE vacancy has been announced.
The following table gives a glance at RRB JE vacancy in the Indian Railways:
| RRB Vacancy For JE | |
| RRB JE Posts | JE Vacancy Available |
| Junior Engineer | 12844 |
| Junior Engineer (IT) | 29 |
| Depot Materials Superintendent (DMS) | 227 |
| Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant (CMA) | 387 |
| Total | 13847 |
To know more about the exam, visit the RRB JE Notification Page.
RRB JE Vacancy 2019:-Download PDF Here
Previous Year RRB Vacancy For JE
For the year 2017, the recruitment for Junior Engineer was done for various JE posts to recruit 5620 eligible candidates. Check the table given below:
| Previous Year RRB Vacancy For JE | |
| Name of the Exam | Number of Vacancies |
| RRB JE (Junior Engineer) 2017 | 5620 |
RRB ALP Vacancy
RRB Vacancy for ALP recruitment releases along with the notification which is not yet announced for the year 2021.
RRB ALP 2018 was the last recruitment conducted for the Railway Assistant Loco Pilot examination.
For the ALP exam 2018, the RRB has announced a total of 64371 RRB ALP vacancies as per the official RRB ALP Notification.
The details for the RRB vacancy for ALP 2018 are given in the table below:
| RRB ALP Vacancy | |
| ALP Posts | ALP Vacancies |
| RRB ALP | 36576 |
| RRB Technician | 27795 |
| Total | 64371 |
The Railway Recruitment Board has released the RRB ALP vacancy details for a large number of posts in the official notification of RRB ALP exam. To check detailed information on the ALP vacancy, candidates can check the RRB ALP Notification page.
RRB ALP Previous Year Vacancy
The last recruitment for RRB ALP before 2018 was for the year 2014, The Railway Recruitment Board announced the RRB Vacancies for ALP 2014 through an official notice. The table below highlights the Region-Wise RRB Vacancy for Assistant Loco Pilot Exam 2014.
| RRB Vacancy ALP 2014 Region Wise | |
| RRB Regions | RRB Vacancy 2014 |
| RRB Thiruvananthapuram | 294 |
| RRB Siliguri | 345 |
| RRB Secunderabad | 2839 |
| RRB Ranchi | 2621 |
| RRB Patna | 1272 |
| RRB Muzaffarpur | 1153 |
| RRB Mumbai | 4155 |
| RRB Malda | 373 |
| RRB Kolkata | 2038 |
| RRB Jammu & Srinagar | 475 |
| RRB Guwahati | 538 |
| RRB Gorakhpur | 78 |
| RRB Chennai | 1666 |
| RRB Bangalore | 1172 |
| RRB Bhopal | 326 |
| RRB Bilaspur | 1680 |
| RRB Chandigarh | 1161 |
| RRB Bhubaneswar | 1538 |
| RRB Ajmer | 771 |
| RRB Allahabad | 1527 |
| RRB Ahmedabad | 548 |
RRB Eligibility
To fill in the RRB vacancies available in the Indian Railways, candidates must fulfil the RRB Eligibility criteria set by the Railway Recruitment Board.
The common factor in RRB Eligibility criteria are as follows:
- Age Limit: The candidates must be at a minimum of 18 years of age and a maximum of 33 years as on January 1st, 2019. However, age relaxation rules will be applied for the reserved categories.
- Nationality: As per the eligibility criteria regarding Nationality, a candidate must be a citizen of India
- Education Qualification: Different Exams conducted by RRB have different requirements in terms of candidates education. For information on the detailed eligibility in terms of educational qualification for different RRB exams candidates can check the RRB eligibility page.
Know more in detail about the RRB Eligibility criteria, visit the linked article.
The road to crack the RRB Exam is a long one paved with dedication and hard work. For this, one needs the best when it comes to studying materials, mock tests, previous years question papers. Visit our RRB Preparation page to get more info on what is required to pass the exam.
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