Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have made some enhancements in RRB ALP vacancies for Technician posts. The vacancies were revised to 14298 after adding 22 new categories. RRB ALP vacancies were revised after receiving demands from Zonal Railways. Out of which, 1092 are for Technician (Grade 1 Signal) and 8051 are for Technician Grade 3. Earlier, a total of 9144 vacancies were announced for Technician posts. The Railway Board had also prescribed the required community wise/category wise position and post parameters for these newly added categories. The educational qualification were also prescribed for the freshly added posts.
RRBs had revised the RRB ALP vacancies for Assistant Loco Pilot posts earlier. The number of vacancies was revised to 18799. Earlier, the vacancies announced for RRB ALP exam were 5696. This means, RRBs increased RRB ALP vacancies more than three times. Opportunity were given to candidates to revise their choice of RRBs once the category-wise vacancies are published. RRB ALP vacancies were announced category-wise and post-wise for different railway zones.Â
In 2018, a total of 64,371 vacancies were announced. Out of the total vacancies, 27,795 were released for RRB loco pilot posts & the remaining 36,576 vacancies were released for various Technical posts. Read below for more details on the vacancies of RRB ALP exam.
Q: Â Is RRB ALP vacancies 2024 revised?
Yes, RRB ALP vacancies 2024 were revised by the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). The vacancies were revised to 18799. Earlier, a total of 5696 vacancies were announced for the exam. The official notice released by RRBs reads, "Railway Recruitment Board has published CEN 01/2024 for the recruitment of Assistant Loco Pilo (ALP) with 5696 vacancies all over the Indian Railways. A review has been undertaken in view of additional demand received from Zonal Railways and vacancies of Assistant Loco
Pilot (ALP) stands enhanced to 18799. Necessary notice indicating RRB wise community wise breakup of vacancies will be displayed on website subsequently. Opportunity will also be given to existing candidates to revise their choice of RRB once details are published."
Q: Â Is RRB ALP Group B or C?
Assistant loco pilot comes under 'C' catagory posts. In Railway A & B catagories comes under officer catagory & C & D catagory are labourer/ workers catagory. RRB ALP salary ranges between INR 19,900 (excluding HRA, DA, etc.) to 35,000. Candidates are entitled to the following benefits:
- House Rent Allowance
- Dearness Allowance
- Transport Allowance
- Running Allowance (based on the kilometres travelled)
Q: Â Is the RRB ALP exam conducted every year?
RRB ALP Recruitment depends on the number of vacancies and requirements of the concerned departments. The notification was released after seven years. The exam was last conducted in 2018 wherein around 64,371 vacancies were filled to the post of Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technician
Q: Â How many vacancies were announced for RRB ALP exam?
The vacancies announced for RRB ALP exam are given below.
RRB Name | ZONE | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | TOTAL | EXSM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AHMEDABAD | WR | 95 | 37 | 17 | 65 | 24 | 238 | 24 |
AJMER | NWR | 86 | 32 | 13 | 72 | 25 | 228 | 22 |
BANGALORE | SWR | 186 | 72 | 35 | 127 | 53 | 473 | 47 |
BHOPAL | WCR | 145 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 219 | 22 |
WR | 35 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 65 | 7 | |
BHUBANESWAR | ECoR | 104 | 42 | 51 | 65 | 18 | 280 | 28 |
BILASPUR | CR | 57 | 0 | 13 | 44 | 10 | 124 | 12 |
SECR | 483 | 179 | 89 | 322 | 119 | 1192 | 119 | |
CHANDIGARH | NR | 42 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 6 |
CHENNAI | SR | 57 | 33 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 148 | 15 |
GORAKHPUR | NER | 18 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 4 |
GUWAHATI | NFR | 26 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 62 | 6 |
JAMMU-SRINAGAR | NR | 15 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 39 | 4 |
KOLKATA | ER | 155 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 254 | 26 |
SER | 30 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 91 | 9 | |
MALDA | ER | 67 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 161 | 16 |
SER | 23 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 56 | 6 | |
MUMBAI | SCR | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 3 |
WR | 41 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 110 | 11 | |
CR | 179 | 58 | 37 | 95 | 42 | 411 | 41 | |
MUZAFFARPUR | ECR | 15 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 4 |
PATNA | ECR | 15 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 4 |
PRAYAGRAJ | NCR | 163 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 241 | 25 |
NR | 21 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 5 | |
RANCHI | SER | 57 | 32 | 10 | 38 | 16 | 153 | 16 |
SECUNDERABAD | ECoR | 80 | 30 | 15 | 54 | 20 | 199 | 20 |
SCR | 228 | 85 | 40 | 151 | 55 | 559 | 56 | |
SILIGURI | NFR | 27 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 67 | 7 |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | SR | 39 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 7 |
Total | 2499 | 804 | 482 | 1351 | 560 | 5696 | 572 |
RRB ALP Vacancies: Overall
RRB vacancies for ALP and Technician posts are given below.
RRB ALP Vacancies (Revised Vacancies)
RRB | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | TOTAL | EXSM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AHMEDABAD |
394 |
132 |
67 |
244 |
100 |
937 |
94 |
AJMER |
314 |
113 |
56 |
204 |
74 |
761 |
77 |
BANGALORE |
640 |
235 |
118 |
426 |
157 |
1576 |
157 |
 BHOPAL |
466 |
87 |
62 |
52 |
62 |
729 |
73 |
42 |
15 |
7 |
27 |
10 |
101 |
10 |
|
BHUBANESWAR |
412 |
141 |
68 |
254 |
55 |
930 |
93 |
 BILASPUR |
251 |
21 |
52 |
96 |
42 |
462 |
46 |
1610 |
595 |
298 |
1072 |
398 |
3973 |
398 |
|
CHANDIGARH |
170 |
22 |
13 |
87 |
32 |
324 |
32 |
CHENNAI |
182 |
105 |
43 |
105 |
58 |
493 |
49 |
GORAKHPUR |
58 |
22 |
11 |
39 |
13 |
143 |
15 |
GUWAHATI |
138 |
52 |
25 |
92 |
34 |
341 |
34 |
JAMMU-SRINAGAR |
52 |
20 |
10 |
35 |
13 |
130 |
13 |
 KOLKATA |
337 |
123 |
62 |
224 |
74 |
820 |
82 |
100 |
35 |
80 |
64 |
24 |
303 |
30 |
|
 MALDA |
284 |
67 |
71 |
78 |
62 |
562 |
56 |
86 |
28 |
13 |
50 |
10 |
187 |
19 |
|
 MUMBAI |
35 |
13 |
6 |
23 |
9 |
86 |
9 |
137 |
51 |
25 |
91 |
34 |
338 |
34 |
|
570 |
199 |
99 |
357 |
96 |
1321 |
132 |
|
MUZAFFARPUR |
15 |
5 |
3 |
11 |
4 |
38 |
4 |
PATNA |
15 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
38 |
4 |
 PRAYAGRAJ |
493 |
58 |
60 |
90 |
101 |
802 |
80 |
21 |
7 |
3 |
12 |
2 |
45 |
5 |
|
RANCHI |
189 |
110 |
34 |
127 |
51 |
511 |
51 |
 SECUNDERABAD |
248 |
125 |
74 |
152 |
66 |
665 |
67 |
756 |
273 |
149 |
491 |
194 |
1863 |
187 |
|
SILIGURI |
35 |
13 |
7 |
23 |
9 |
87 |
9 |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM |
99 |
62 |
60 |
2 |
10 |
233 |
23 |
GRAND TOTAL |
8149 |
2735 |
1579 |
4538 |
1798 |
18799 |
1883 |
RRB ALP Vacancies (Previous Vacancies)
RRB Name | ZONE | UR | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | TOTAL | EXSM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AHMEDABAD | WR | 95 | 37 | 17 | 65 | 24 | 238 | 24 |
AJMER | NWR | 86 | 32 | 13 | 72 | 25 | 228 | 22 |
BANGALORE | SWR | 186 | 72 | 35 | 127 | 53 | 473 | 47 |
BHOPAL | WCR | 145 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 219 | 22 |
WR | 35 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 65 | 7 | |
BHUBANESWAR | ECoR | 104 | 42 | 51 | 65 | 18 | 280 | 28 |
BILASPUR | CR | 57 | 0 | 13 | 44 | 10 | 124 | 12 |
SECR | 483 | 179 | 89 | 322 | 119 | 1192 | 119 | |
CHANDIGARH | NR | 42 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 6 |
CHENNAI | SR | 57 | 33 | 15 | 29 | 14 | 148 | 15 |
GORAKHPUR | NER | 18 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 4 |
GUWAHATI | NFR | 26 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 62 | 6 |
JAMMU-SRINAGAR | NR | 15 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 39 | 4 |
KOLKATA | ER | 155 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 254 | 26 |
SER | 30 | 11 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 91 | 9 | |
MALDA | ER | 67 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 161 | 16 |
SER | 23 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 56 | 6 | |
MUMBAI | SCR | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 3 |
WR | 41 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 110 | 11 | |
CR | 179 | 58 | 37 | 95 | 42 | 411 | 41 | |
MUZAFFARPUR | ECR | 15 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 4 |
PATNA | ECR | 15 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 4 |
PRAYAGRAJ | NCR | 163 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 241 | 25 |
NR | 21 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 45 | 5 | |
RANCHI | SER | 57 | 32 | 10 | 38 | 16 | 153 | 16 |
SECUNDERABAD | ECoR | 80 | 30 | 15 | 54 | 20 | 199 | 20 |
SCR | 228 | 85 | 40 | 151 | 55 | 559 | 56 | |
SILIGURI | NFR | 27 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 67 | 7 |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | SR | 39 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 7 |
Total | 2499 | 804 | 482 | 1351 | 560 | 5696 | 572 |
RRB Technician Vacancies (Revised)
Post | Previous Vacancies | Revised |
---|---|---|
Technician Gr 1 Signal | 1092 | 1092 |
Technician Gr 3 | 8052 | 8051 |
Category-Wise & Zone-Wise RRB Technician Vacancies 2024
RRB Name | Post | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RRB Ahemdabad WR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
38 |
04 |
19 |
10 |
03 |
74 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
299 |
70 |
173 |
99 |
46 |
687 |
||||
Workshop |
104 |
23 |
78 |
34 |
15 |
254 |
||||
RRB Ajmer NWR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
32 |
05 |
18 |
10 |
04 |
69 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
209 |
56 |
106 |
58 |
24 |
453 |
||||
Workshop |
163 |
47 |
93 |
50 |
25 |
378 |
||||
RRB Bangalore SWR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
22 |
04 |
08 |
07 |
03 |
44 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
46 |
08 |
20 |
14 |
10 |
98 |
||||
Workshop & Pus |
79 |
19 |
52 |
29 |
16 |
195 |
||||
RRB Bhopal WCR / WR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
36 |
07 |
20 |
11 |
05 |
79 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
208 |
32 |
65 |
52 |
16 |
373 |
||||
Workshop |
44 |
07 |
18 |
08 |
05 |
82 |
||||
RRB Bhubaneswar ECOR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
05 |
01 |
0 |
03 |
02 |
12 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
51 |
18 |
27 |
19 |
13 |
138 |
||||
Workshop |
08 |
03 |
03 |
01 |
01 |
16 |
||||
RRB Bilaspur CR / SECR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
45 |
09 |
24 |
11 |
06 |
95 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
365 |
67 |
188 |
101 |
45 |
766 |
||||
Workshop |
36 |
08 |
16 |
08 |
04 |
72 |
||||
RRB Chandigarh NR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
10 |
03 |
06 |
04 |
02 |
25 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
37 |
09 |
22 |
13 |
05 |
86 |
||||
Workshop |
38 |
18 |
05 |
04 |
11 |
76 |
||||
RRB Chennai SR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
22 |
05 |
12 |
07 |
02 |
48 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
324 |
94 |
188 |
115 |
64 |
785 |
||||
Workshop & Pus |
743 |
180 |
501 |
299 |
160 |
1883 |
||||
RRB Gorakhpur NER |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
26 |
06 |
16 |
07 |
04 |
59 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
57 |
18 |
39 |
20 |
12 |
146 |
||||
Workshop & Pus |
123 |
11 |
28 |
32 |
20 |
214 |
||||
RRB Guwahati NFR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
06 |
02 |
04 |
03 |
01 |
16 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
240 |
62 |
168 |
91 |
47 |
608 |
||||
Workshop |
59 |
12 |
36 |
21 |
12 |
140 |
||||
RRB Jammu and Srinagar NR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
14 |
04 |
09 |
05 |
03 |
35 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
108 |
23 |
70 |
38 |
17 |
256 |
||||
Workshop & Pus |
188 |
37 |
105 |
55 |
45 |
430 |
||||
RRB Kolkata ER / SER |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
34 |
05 |
20 |
10 |
05 |
74 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
183 |
55 |
82 |
67 |
45 |
432 |
||||
Workshop |
265 |
62 |
134 |
79 |
52 |
592 |
||||
RRB Malda ER / SER |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
08 |
01 |
05 |
02 |
01 |
17 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
129 |
32 |
50 |
26 |
21 |
258 |
||||
RRB Mumbai SCR / WR / CR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
68 |
10 |
42 |
21 |
11 |
152 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
465 |
128 |
313 |
147 |
79 |
1132 |
||||
Workshop & Pus |
238 |
67 |
159 |
88 |
47 |
599 |
||||
RRB Muzaffarpur ECR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
03 |
0 |
03 |
01 |
01 |
08 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
51 |
09 |
18 |
13 |
14 |
105 |
||||
RRB Patna ECR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
0 |
01 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
01 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
76 |
28 |
57 |
37 |
22 |
220 |
||||
RRB Prayagraj NCR / NR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
61 |
16 |
29 |
15 |
10 |
131 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
119 |
23 |
33 |
14 |
18 |
207 |
||||
RRB Ranchi SER |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
13 |
03 |
08 |
04 |
01 |
29 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
127 |
30 |
90 |
49 |
25 |
321 |
||||
RRB Secunderabad ECOR / SCR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
38 |
05 |
18 |
10 |
05 |
76 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
272 |
76 |
156 |
93 |
71 |
668 |
||||
Workshop |
95 |
18 |
56 |
30 |
16 |
215 |
||||
RRB Siliuguri NFR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
08 |
01 |
05 |
03 |
01 |
18 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
27 |
08 |
16 |
09 |
05 |
65 |
||||
Workshop |
03 |
01 |
02 |
01 |
01 |
08 |
||||
RRB Thiruvanathapuram  SR |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
14 |
03 |
06 |
04 |
03 |
30 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
89 |
27 |
30 |
52 |
50 |
248 |
||||
Total Post |
Technician Grade I Â Signal |
503 |
95 |
272 |
148 |
73 |
1092 |
|||
Technician  Grade III |
3482 |
873 |
1911 |
1127 |
649 |
8052 |
||||
Workshop & PSu |
2186 |
513 |
1286 |
739 |
430 |
5154 |
||||
Total |
6171 |
1481 |
3469 |
2014 |
1152 |
14298 |
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RRB ALP Salary
The basic RRB ALP salary of INR 19,900 as per the second level of seventh pay commission. The structure of RRB ALP salary is given below.
Components | Amount (In INR) |
---|---|
Grade pay |
1900 |
Basic pay scale |
19,900 |
Assistant Loco Pilot total monthly salary |
35,000 |
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RRB ALP Vacancy 2024 FAQs
Candidates can check below the FAQs related to RRB ALP vacancies.