Railway Recruitment Board:
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) are entrusted with the responsibility to direct the recruitment of personnel for working in Indian Railways or Railway Jobs. It works under Ministry of Railway, Government of India For this purpose 21 boards have been set up across India. RRB History – Long back in 1942, with the purpose to recruit the Subordinate Staff on North West Railway at that time, a Service Commission was set up as a trial measure. The commission had two members and a Chairman. In 1945, after the reconsideration of positions, few Service Commissions were launched under the Railway Board at Bombay, Calcutta, Madras and Lucknow. The Service Commissions were launched to perform the dual functions:
- To recruit class III staff
- To tender advice to General Managers to deal with appeal from subordinate staff on disciplinary matters.
In the later years, the working of the commissions was reviewed and a lot of development took place. More and more Service Commission was set up across India with the purpose of recruitment in the Indian Railways.
Later, all the Service Commissions were renamed as Railway Recruitment Boards.
Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB)
Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB)- was set up in the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) to regulate the functioning of RRB’s. Since 1998 all the Railway Recruitment Boards set up across India are running under the control of Railway Recruitment Control Board. RRCB is responsible to make sure that the recruitment procedure followed by RRB’s is strictly based on the merit and complies with Government policy. RRCB also issues instructions and Guidelines to the RRB’s. It also handles redressal of grievances of the candidates in the recruitment related matters.
- The prime objective was to lessen the work load on the prevailing RRB’s
- To speed up the selection procedure.
- The more branches of recruitment agencies were set up to facilitate the candidates in the distant corners of the world.
- To fulfil the regional objectives related to employment.
Brief description about 21 participating RRB’s
Railway Recruitment Board Ahmedabad is running under Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Government of India. It was instituted in the year 1982. The purpose of its establishment was to recruit the Group “C” Staffs under various categories for all the Railway organizations that come under its jurisdiction.
Ahmedabad Division, Vadodara Division, Rajkot Division, Bhavnagar Division, Stores Depots Sabarmati, Mechanical Workshop (Pratapnagar), Mechanical Workshop (Bhavnagar), Signal Workshop & Engineering Workshop (Sabarmati), Construction Organization of Western Railway.
RRB Ahmedabad Website :
Contact Details
Office Address:
Railway Recruitment Board,
1st Floor, Meter Gauge Railway Station Building,
Kalupur,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat - Pin: 380 002.
Telephones, Fax, E-mail & Website:
Chairman : 079-22940773
Assistant Secretary : 079-22940858
Fax : 079-22940858
E-mail : as-rrbadi@nic.in
In 1983 Railway Service Commission, Ajmer was initiated and later in the year 1985 was renamed as Railway Recruitment Board Ajmer. Ministry of Railways, Government of India is in charge of Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Ajmer. The first and foremost responsibility of RRB, Ajmer is to hire the Group ‘C’ staff for the Railway organizations that come under its jurisdiction.
JURISDICTION OF RRB/AJMER:
North Western HQ Office of North
Western Railway and
Jaipur, Ajmer,
Jodhpur & Bikaner divisions.
West Central Kota division
RRB Ajmer Website:
RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD
AJMER
2010, Nehru Marg, Near Ambedkar Circle,
Ajmer 305028 (Raj.)
E-mail: rrb-ajm-rj@nic.in
Fax No. :0145-2423292
Contact No. (Landline): 0145 - 2425230
Initially, The Railway Service Commission, Allahabad was situated at Sardar Patel Marg. It was housed in a rented accommodation. In 1990, the RRB changed the campus and shifted to DRM Office Annexe.
Railway Recruitment Board, Allahabad is responsible for employing the ‘Group C’ staff and lately it has been consigned the responsibility to employ ‘Group D’ staff for the Railway organizations that come under its Jurisdiction.
Allahabad, Lucknow and Moradabad divisions of Northern Railway.
Diesel locomotive Works, Varanasi.
North Central Railway, including both for the NCR headquarters office at Allahabad plus the three divisions at Allahabad, Jhansi, and Agra.
RRB Allahabad Website
Postal Address - Railway Recruitment Board,
Opposite to G.M/NCR Building,
Near Subedarganj Railway Hospital,
Suberdarganj,
Allahabad-211011
Fax No.- (0532)2435053
Help line number - (0532)- 2224531
RRB Bangalore:
Railway Recruitment Board, Bangalore serves the needs of Technical and Non-technical Group ‘C’ posts on account of the requisitions got from Chief Personnel Officer, South Western Railway and Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka, Bangalore.
The RRB, Bangalore is headed by Chairman, assisted by Member Secretary, with a team of Group-‘C’ & Group-‘D’ staff.
RRB Bangalore Website
http://www.rrbbnc.gov.in
CONTACT US
Railway Recruitment Board
No.18, Miller's Road,
Near Cantonment Railway Station
Bangalore - 560 046
FOR ANY ENQUIRY CONTACT BETWEEN 09.30 Hrs to 18.00 Hrs
LANDLINE RAILWAY SMS EMAIL
080-23330378 065-58912 +919731666770
Bhopal:
Instituted in the year 1982, the Railway Recruitment Board, Bhopal holds the responsibility to hire Technical and non-technical categories in Gr.’C’ posts plus Para medical posts. It carries out the work on the basis of requisitions received from Railways.
RRB/Bhopal carry out the recruitment of Group ‘C’ posts for Headquarter office, Jabalpur & Bhopal divisions of West Central Railway, Ratlam Division of Western Railway.
RRB Bhopal Website
Railway Recruitment Board,Bhopal
East Railway Colony [Near Bhopal Railway Station] Bhopal - 462010
Telephone - [0755] 2746660,
[FAX] - 2740042
E-mail- msrrbbpl@gmail.com rrbbpl-mp@nic.in
Railway Service Commission, Bhubaneswar was set up in the year 1983 and recruits Group-C Posts of Technical, Non technical Para Medical categories for the Railway Organisation falling under its Jurisdiction.
East Coast Railway Headquarter, Khurda Road Division, Sambalpur Division and Macheswar Workshop.
RRB Bhuvaneshvar Website
Assistant Secretary
Railway Recruitment Board
D-79/80, Rail Vihar
Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar
Odisha, PIN -751023.
Phone: 0674-2303015
Fax: 0674-2300257
E-Mail: rrbbbs.od@gov.in
Railway Recruitment Board serves the needs of direct employees in Technical and non-technical categories in Group ‘C’ posts and also of Para medical posts on account of the requests received from Chief Personnel Officer, South East Central and Central Railways for its jurisdiction.
South East Central Railway
HQ office of SECR, Bilaspur, Raipur and Nagpur Division of SECR.
Nagpur Division of Central Railway.
RRB Bilaspur Website
CONTACT US
Railway Recruitment Board
Beside General Manager/SECR's Office Complex, Bilaspur (C.G) Pin: 495 004
Landline No - 07752-247291, 07752-247287
Mobile No - 9752475667, 9752475651
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Chandigarh operates under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. It has the responsibility to recruit the Group ‘C ‘ staff for the Railway institutions falling under its Jurisdiction.
RRB Chandigarh Website
Railway Recruitment Board,
Railway Colony, Near Railway Station,
Chandigarh – 160002
Telephone : 0172-2730093
Fax : 0172-2730040
Email : bisht.dinesh@gov.in
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Chennai performs the function of employing the working and supervisory staffs that are Group ‘C’ Staff for the Railway bodies that come under its Jurisdiction
Chennai, Salem and Tiruchirappalli Divisions and Head Quarters office of Southern Railway (SR) and Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai.
RRB Chennai Website
RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD
5, Dr. P.V. Cherian Crescent Road,
Egmore, CHENNAI - 600 008
INDIA.
Phone: 044 - 2827 5323
Fax: 044 - 2822 3992
Email: rrbchennai@gmail.com
On 14 July, 1984, the Railway Service Commission, Gorakhpur came into existence. In the beginning RRB Gorakhpur together with RRB/Muzaffarpur was serving the needs of North Eastern Railway. Then, in year 2002, RRB-Gorakhpur started catering the requirement of North Eastern Railways and RRB/Muzaffarpur became part of East Central Railway.
Izatnagar Lucknow and Varanasi divisions of North Eastern Railway
Research Designes & Standards Organisation (RDSO)- Lucknow.
RRB Gorakhapur Website
Office Address:
Railway Recruitment Board,
Railway Station Road
Gorakhpur – 273012 (U.P.)
Chairman : 0551-2205392, 040 - 64804 (Rly)
Assistant Secretary : 0551-2201209, 040 - 63803 (Rly)
Fax : 0551-2201209
E-mail : asrrb.gr-up@gov.in
The Railway Service Commission, Guwahati was established in 1978. It was later renamed as Railway Recruitment Board, Guwahati in the year 1985. It is functioning under administrative control of Railway Recruitment Control Board, Railway Board, New Delhi.
Jurisdiction and Function
The Railway Recruitment Board, Guwahati has the responsibility to recruit Group “C” staff in Technical and Non-Technical category for following units of Northeast Frontier Railway:
F. Railway Headquarter, Maligaon,
Rangia Division
RRB Guwahati Website
Railway Recruitment Board, Guwahati
Station Road
Guwahati 781 001
E-mail: crrb-as@nic.in
In 1983, Railway Recruitment Board, Jammu-Srinagar was constituted and was consigned the task to recruit Group ‘C’ posts on all-India basis.
Firozepur Division of Northern Railway, Diesel Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala and Rail coach Factory, Kapurthala.
RRB Jammu Website
Railway Recruitment Board, Jammu-Srinagar
Railway Colony (West)
Jammu - 180012
Ph. No. - 0191-2476757
email : rrb-jk@nic.in
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Kolkata operates under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. It recruits Group-‘C’ categories staff for-
Eastern Railway – HQ Office of Eastern Railway,Howrah & Sealdah Division.
South Eastern Railway – HQ Office of South Eastern Railway & Kharagpur Division.
RRB Kolkata Website
Railway Recruitment Board Kolkata
Metro Railway A.V.Complex,
Chitpur, Opp. To R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital,
R. G. Kar Road,
Kolkata-700 037
Phone No: 033-25430108
E-Mail :
kolrrb@gmail.com
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Malda also functions under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India and is mainly responsible for recruiting the group ‘C’ staff.
RRB Malda Website
The Chairman
RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD
KALIBARI RAILWAY COLONY,
P.O JHALJHALIA,
MALDA - 732102
(WEST BENGAL)
Enquiry Telephone No.:
03512-264567
RRB Mumbai:
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), Mumbai also functions under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India and is mainly responsible for recruiting the group ‘C’ staff.
Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai conducts recruitment for:
Mumbai Division and HQ of Western Railway, and Mumbai, Nagpur, Solapur, Pune, Bhusawal Division
HQ of Central Railway, Nanded Division of South Central Railway.
Nagpur Division of South East Central Railway.
RRB Mumbai Website
CONTACT DETAILS
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai
Divisional office compound,
Mumbai Central, (E), Mumbai - 400 202 Maharashtra.
India
CONTACT INFO
Office (Enquiry): (022) 23090422
Assistant Secretary: (022) 23090224
Member Secretary: (022) 23084064
Chairman: (022) 23071650
Fax: (022) 23090224
Email: asrrb-mum@nic.in
Railway Service Commission, Muzaffarpur, was set up in the year 1973. The Railway Recruitment Board, Muzaffarpur directly recruits Technical and Non-technical categories in Group C posts on the basis of requisitions received from Railways. At present this office is functioning in a Railway Building situated at Lichi Bagan, Muzaffarpur.
Railway Recruitment Board, Muzaffarpur conducts the recruitment of Group C posts for Sonpur and Samastipur Divisions of East Central Railway, Hajipur
RRB Muzaffarpur Website
Railway Recruitment Board, Muzaffarpur
Lichi Bagan, Maripur
Muzaffarpur : 842001
Phone No : 0621-2213405
FAX No : 0621-2213405
E-mail address: rrbmfp-bih@nic.in
On 2nd Jan 1985, the Railway Service Commission, Patna was renamed as Railway Recruitment Board, Patna and in the same year, the office of Railway Recruitment Board, Patna was changed to the Railway building in Mahendrughat from a private building.
From that time onwards, the Railway Recruitment Board, Patna has been carrying out its operation in the same building and performing the task of making recruitment’s for its present jurisdiction.
Danapur, Mughalsarai, Dhanbad Divisions (East Central Railway)
Head Quarter of East Central Railway and Katihar Division (Northeast Frontier Railway).
RRB Patna Website
Railway Recruitment Board
Mahendrughat, Patna - 800 004.
Bihar.
Telephone
Secretary, RRB, Patna - (0612)-2677680, (0612)-2677011.
E-Mail
rrbpatna-bih@nic.in
Initially, Railway Recruitment Board, Ranchi was identified as Railway Service Commission. It was a Branch Office of Calcutta Service Commission. In 1981, this branch office came under the administrative control of Patna Railway Service Commission. In 1984, Railway Service Commission, Ranchi became an independent Railway Recruitment Board and was given the task to recruit exclusively Schedule Tribe candidates. In 1985, the Ranchi Railway Service Commission was renamed as Railway Recruitment Board, Ranchi.
South Eastern Railway, Ranchi
East Central Railway, Dhanbad
South Eastern Railway, Chakradharpur
RRB Ranchi Website
Railway Offices Complex
PO-Chutia, Ranchi (Jharkhand)
PIN-834027
Enquiry Number
Phone No.06512462429
E-mail ID rrb-ranchi@gov.in
Railway Recruitment Board, Secunderabad came into existence in the year 1978 and it serves the recruitment needs of all the divisions, workshops and Head quarters Office of South Central Railway, Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad.
Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Guntakal, Vijayawada and Guntur, divisions and all workshops and Headquarters office of South Central Railway, Indian Railways Institute of signal Engineering and Telecommunications, Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam Divisions of East Coast Railway.
RRB Secunderabad Website
Railway Recruitment Board,
South Lallaguda,
Secunderabad - 500017.
Tel: +91 40-27821663,
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Timings: 09:45 AM to 05:45 PM
The Railway Recruitment Board, Siliguri came into existence during Financial Year 2009-10 as 21st RRB of Indian Railways. It is running under the control of Railway Recruitment Control Board, Ministry of Railways, Railway Board, New Delhi.
The Railway Recruitment Board, Siliguri has been handed over the responsibility to recruit Non-Gazetted/Group “C” staff(s) in Technical and Non-Technical categories for following units of Northeast Frontier Railway:
Katihar Division
RRB Siliguri
Contact No. 050-46652 (Railway),
+91-353-2663840(BSNL landline)
FAX No. +91-353-2663840
Working Days Monday to Friday
Weekly Holidays Saturday and Sunday
Note: The office of RRB will remain closed on Gazetted / notified / declared holidays.
Working Hours 09.00 hrs to 17.30 hrs
In March 1983, Railway Service Commission, Thiruvananthapuram was set up and in the year 1998 was renamed as Railway Recruitment Board, Thiruvananthapuram. It recruits Group ‘C’ categories Staff for the Railway bodies under its Jurisdiction.
RRB Recruitment and RRB Selection Procedure:
In order to recruit qualified employees RRB conducts exams of various posts. The candidates who will qualify the exam are appointed to work in Indian Railways.
RRB invites the eligible interested applicants by advertising the vacancies in “Employment News” which is weekly job journal of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and also in other newspapers. The notifications regarding this are even made available on the official web sites of RRBs.
The registration process is done online and after getting registered candidates have to appear for the exams on the date of exam and now the exams are taken online that is Computer based exam.
Unlike other exams, after the written examinations no interviews will be conducted. There will be Second Stage Examination for some categories and there will be a psychological/aptitude test of the candidates who will qualify the final written examinations in case of categories related to operational safety.
There is a reservation of jobs for certain castes like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes including the persons with Disability and Ex-servicemen. The entire selection process is conducted as per the rules and regulations laid down by the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), Government of India.
A merit list is drawn based on the scores of written examination. Since no interviews are conducted the selection is done strictly done according to the merit list drawn. The successful candidates will be provided the results of selection on the Notice Board of participating RRB’s through the Internet website or the results will be published in “The Employment News”.
