Railways has planned to run an extra DEMU train between Indore and Ratlam stations. The Divisional Railway Manager of Ratlam Division on Sunday said that they were expecting to receive rake of a DEMU train, which is being run on Ratlam and Mathura rail section. “The rake is expected to be freed from the Ratlam-Mathura section in the second week of February.

We have requested for the rake to run an extra DEMU train between Indore and Ratlam railway stations,” said DRM Sunkar.

The DRM said the plan is to fulfil the demand of passengers for an additional DEMU train service between Indore and Ratlam during early morning and late in the evening.

Sunkar had come to Indore to inspect the railway station. “We are also planning to set up a stabling line between platform 1 and 2 of the station,” he said, adding that it will be for parking engines and trains with less number of coaches at the station.

The railways had earlier announced to develop a garden on this vacant space but after finding the need of a stabling line at the station it was changed.

Sunkar also issued instructions to officials concerned to start escalator facility at the station at the earliest. “Indore has always been the most important station of the division, and efforts are being made for provision of best class passenger amenities at the station,” he said.

Officials are also identifying areas, which are not in use, on the station’s premises. “The vacant space will be identified and developed in a manner so that they can be utilised for passengers’ interest,” he said.

Speaking about expansion of Dr Ambedkar Nagar railway station, the DRM said that they were waiting for land acquisition process. “The expansion project would be executed as soon as we get the land,” he said.

A major block has been taken from 11.20 hrs to 14.50 hrs on Up line and from 11.20 hrs to 13.50 hrs. on Down  line between Vaitarna – Safale stations on Sunday,  4^th February, 2018  for launching of  girder on bridge no. 99. Due to this following train will be cancelled/Short terminated:-

Train Cancelled (Down Direction) :-

• 59039 Virar – Valsad Passenger
• 93015 Churchgate – Dahanu Road EMU
• 93017 Virar – Dahanu Road EMU
• 93019 Virar-  Dahanu Road EMU
• 93021 Virar- Dahanu Road EMU

Train Cancelled (Up Direction ) :-

• 93014 Dahanu Road – Virar EMU
• 93016 Dahanu Road – Churchgate EMU
• 93018 Dahanu Road -Virar EMU
• 93024 Dahanu Road – Virar EMU
• 59046 Valsad – Bandra Terminus Passenger

Trains to be  short  terminated :-

• Train no 59440 Ahmedabad – Mumbai Central Passenger will be terminated at Palghar Station and will be reversed as Train no 59439  i. e. Train no 59440/39 will be remain cancelled between Palghar – Mumbai Central – Palghar.
• Train no 19116 Bhuj – Dadar Express will be terminated at Borivali and will be reversed as train no 19115  from Borivali.
• Train no 12996 Ajmer/ Udaipur – Bandra Terminus Express will be terminated at Borivali and will be reversed as train no 12995  from Borivali.

The members of Institute of Indian Railway Electrical Engineers (IREE), South Central Railway Chapter celebrated 7^th Railway Electrical Engineers Day Celebrations at Electric Loco Shed, Lallaguda, South Central Railway today i.e., 3^rdFebruary,2018. Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, General Manager, SCR was the chief guest and Shri John Thomas, Additional General Manager was the guest of honour. Shri A.A.Phadke, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer and Chairperson of IREE presided over the function.

The Electrical Engineers Day is celebrated as a mark of its remembrance for the 1^st ever electric train was run on 3^rd Feb, 1925 from Boribander (Now known as Mumbai CST) to Kurla on 1500v DC on Great India Peninsula Railway.

Speaking on the Occasion, Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav stated that Electrical Engineering has got bright future ahead in the Railways as the emphasis is laid in the recent Budget for Railway Electrification all over the Railway network. The General Manager stated that the Hon’ble Minister for Railways and the Chairman, Railway Board are taking positive view for the introduction of semi Hi-Speed trains and Hi- Speed Trains Network. He also appealed to the Officials of Electrical department to rise to the requirements of large scale railway electrification projects and ensure timely completion from concept to commissioning. SCR is placed at top position over Indian Railways in terms of achieving Energy conservation awards continuously for three years with the efforts made by Electrical Department and should maintain the same in forth coming years, he added. The General Manager also visited the Electric Loco Shed, interacted with the staff and planted a sapling in the premises.

Earlier, Shri John Thomas, Additional General Manager spoke on the occasion and said that Electric Engineers have to face the challenges ahead to achieve the targets of electrification projects completion.

Shri Gopinath Mallya, Chief Electrical Loco Engineer welcomed the dignitaries and made a presentation on the theme of Electric Traction and Technological advancements over the years. Shri A.A.Phadke, Principal Chief Electric Engineer Smt. Padmini Radhakrishnan, Principal Financial Advisor (PFA); Shri Arjun Mundiya, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer; Shri P.K.Sangewar, Principal Chief Material Manager; Shri Sanjay Sankrityayan, Chief Security Commissioner; Shri Amit Varadan, Divisional Railway Manager, Secunderabad were amongst the Officials present. The delegates from RVNL, L&T Electrical and Automation, Seimens India Pvt. Ltd also participated in the seminar.

About Electrical Loco Shed, Lallaguda

Electric Loco shed Lallaguda was constructed as a part of Vijayawada – Balharshah Railway Electrification project at a cost of Rs. 25 crore including the Machinery & Plant with a designed homing capacity of 100 Locos. The shed was inaugurated on 06.09.1995.The shed has started with initial holding of 72 Locomotives comprising of WAM4 & WAG5 for hauling Passenger and Goods Trains. Subsequently higher Horse Power Express locos of WAP4 class were inducted at the end of year 1995. The state of Art technology Three phase locos are inducted in May 2007.

At present the shed has a total holding of 211 Locomotives including 101 coaching locos. The shed is operating 93 express loco link including prestigious trains like Rajdhani, Duranto, Sampark kranthi express trains.

ELS/LGD carries out Minor maintenance schedule (IA/IB/IC/IT) and Major Maintenance Schedules (AOH/MOH/IOH) as well as unscheduled repairs of locos. POH of Locos is carried out at Bhusawal, Perambur, Kancharapara & Dahood Loco workshops.

The shed is able to carry out maintenance of the locomotives with best practices on Indian Railways with highest reliability of the locomotives with meagre 2.77 manpower per loco (against 3.38 IR Average)

Loco Holding:

The present holding is as shown below

Holding of ELS/LGD

Coaching		Goods	Total
WAP4	WAP7	WAG9
40 (Conventional)	61 (3 Phase)	110 (3 Phase)	211

Make	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18 (As on 30.08.17)
WAP4	63	60	59	60	60	60	58	47	40	40
WAP7	2	8	17	24	33	40	40	47	54	55
WAG7	8	16	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
WAG9	52	62	71	74	77	81	95	110	118	120
TOTAL	125	146	155	158	170	181	193	204	212	215

ELS/LGD carries out Minor maintenance schedule (IA/IB/IC/IT) and Major Maintenance Schedules (AOH/MOH/IOH) as well as unscheduled repairs of locos. POH of Locos is carried out at Bhusawal, Perambur, Kancharapara & Dahood Loco workshops.

The shed is able to carry out maintenance of the locomotives with best practices on Indian Railways with highest reliability of the locomotives with meagre 2.77 manpower per loco (against 3.38 IR Average).

The loco shed is at present headed by the rank of JAG grade  Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer assisted by one Divisional Engineer, one Assistant Divisional Engineer along with Senior Material Manager who is responsible for managing the procurement, stocking and distributing of stores to various sections.

The loco maintenance wing is divided into main sections headed by a Senior Section Engineer and assisted by junior supervisory staff to monitor and improve various maintenance schedules and modification works carried out in the section. A locomotive nominated for maintenance is first received by the PPO section and dispatched out through the same section after completion of the maintenance.

The role played by the other sections namely, Traction Motor, Bogie, Auxiliary Machines, Electronics, SPM and Relay, TFP & GR, Pneumatic, Technical, Tool Room, Machine Shop, General and Store section is vital in completing the process. In a nutshell, it is a comprehensive team effort that keeps the wheels on the move.

Non-Gazetted:

Staff	Sanction	Actual
Supervisors	63	63
Artisans	523	421
Group D	88	118
Ministerial	16	12
Total	690	614
Man power/loco		2.77
IR average		3.38

IMPORTANT MILESTONES:

WAP4 Loco No: 22313 of Electric loco shed Lallaguda adjudged 3^rd best out of more than 20 locos in All India basis competition of Crew Friendly Cab Modification contest organized by Ministry of Railways in April’03.

Innovation proposed by ELS/LGD on modification of End Hanger Assembly of brake rigging of WAP4 locomotive was chosen as second best innovation in Indian Railways by Railway Board for the year 2006-2007 and sanctioned a cash prize of Rs. 2,00,000/-.

GM special group award of Rs. 25000/- was declared to ELS/LGD for its excellent performance during 2010-11 among Zonal level.

Electric Loco shed, Lallaguda received “Best Electric Loco Shed Shield” for the years 2010 & 2012 among the three sheds in SC Railway.

Performance Indices:

Outage: The coaching and goods outage for the last 05 years with current year are given below:

	2013-14		2014-15		2015-16		2016-17		2017-18(Apr-Aug)
	Chg	Goods	Chg	Goods	Chg	Goods	Chg	Goods	Chg	Goods
Railway Board Target	88.33	65.20	87.42	76.89	85.95	99.51	87	107.15	85.4	110.9
Actual	88.79	73.03	85.2	82.06	82.59	98.39	82.53	103.86	83.36	104.23

Statistical Ineffective: The Statistic ineffective details for the last 02 years with current year are given below:

	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18(Apr-Aug)
Target	6.0	7.25	6.0	9.52	7.6
Actual	7.42	8.85	7.87	7.96	8.82

Reliability:

PUNCTUALITY RELIABILITY (Per 100 locos/month)

2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18(Apr-Aug)
3.1	3.3	3.3	2.5	2.5

ASSET RELIABILITY (Per 100 locos/month)

2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18(Apr-JUL)
3.1	3.8	4.2	3.2	3.4

ENERGY REGENERATION IN 3PHASE LOCOS (in Million Units)

2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18(Apr-Aug)
62.6	69.6	82.8	98.2	30.6

INNOVATION/ GOOD WORK DONE

1.To avoid dropping of slack adjuster assembly (bottom) in case of breakage of its Split cotter pin in WAP7 locos, ELS/LGD proposed provision of hexagonal head bolt with plain washer and castle nut in place of slack adjuster pin with split cotter pin. The item was discussed during 37^{th MSG} meeting and accepted by Railway Board. RDSO issued Modification No. MS 441 for this arrangement to all Zonal Railways.

2.The falling of brake hanger was observed which are supported by single headless pin in WAP7 locos. To prevent the falling of brake hanger in case of brake hanger pin coming out, E clamps have been developed and provided by ELS/LGD for brake hangers5,6,19&20 which acts as stopper for the brake hanger lever pin. RDSO issued Standard Maintenance Instruction no. SMI 282 on this arrangement to all Zonal Railways.

3.ELS/LGD proposed to remove anti spin valve and associated double check valve in brake system of three phase locomotives since they are not in service. This was proposed by SCR in 37^th MSG meeting and accepted by Railway Board.RDSO issued Modification no. MS 447 to all Zonal Railways.

4.ELS/LGD proposed to carryout insitu Magnetic particle testing on TM motor support of 3 phase locos during schedules to detect the cracks.Accordingly RDSO issued Maintenance instruction No.269 Rev.1’ dt:16-3-16 to all Zonal Railways.

5.ELS/LGD has highlighted the problem of non availability of C clearance of MSU which is leading to MSU failures in 3phase locos. Accordingly RDSO issued modification no.456 Rev’0′ dt:9.1.17 for Modification in drawing of supporting ring to achieve adequate ‘C’ Clearance in MSU assembly of 6FRA-6068 TM in WAG9/WAP7 class of locomotives.

6.ELS/LGD proposed to review MOH schedule periodicity of WAG9 locomotives from 18 months to 24 months.During decisions on recommendations of 61^stESC Railway Board accepted the proposal and RDSO vide letter no. RDSO Lr No. EL/3.6.1/1, Dt.19.10.16 had issued Revised MOH (TOH) schedule for WAG9 for 24 months.

REDUCING EXPENDITURE:

INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED TRACTION CONVERTER COOLANT PUMP:

Converter coolant pumps which are received in M/s BHEL make IGBT Traction Converter locos are of magnetic coupling type and having high failure rate. The cost of the pump is high (Rs.12,98,903/-approx) and the maintenance time is also high. ELS/LGD has explored indigenous market and developed a converter coolant pump through M/s Flowwell at the cost of Rs.1,10,548/- and achieved effective cost saving of Rs.11,88,355/- percoolant pump( RS.23,76,710/- per loco approx). This was accepted by Railway Board & RDSO in 38^thMSG meeting.

Reducing energy consumption:

Three phase locomotives are equipped with regenerative braking. These locomotives have contributed saving of Rs. 15.9 crores during 2009-10, Rs. 20.3 crores in 2010-11 & Rs. 11.3 crores during 2011-12 upto August (Rs. 4.5 /unit) through regeneration of energy.

Goods Outage :

Goods outage has been 101.13 locos per day during this month as against the target of 104.1 locos, i.e., 08.52 % above the RB target. With this, the cumulative Goods outage for the year so far has been 73.03 locos against the target of 65.20 locos. i.e 12.01 % above the Railway board target.

Inspections / Super checks carried out:

Officer	Day Time	Night Time
Sr.DEE	1	1
DEE	1	1
ADEE-I	1	1
ADEE-II	1	1

Energy Conservation:

During the month, 4.5 Million units of Energy was regenerated by 41 three phase locomotives (Locos visited the shed) which was 13.03% of Energy consumed by them. With this 65.64 Million units were generated in total during 2012-2013 which was 13.67% of Energy consumed.

CORDLESS IMPACT WRENCHES:

10nos. Battery operated cordless impact wrenches procured this month for the usageof staff working on various equipment of the locomotive. These wrenches operate at 1.8 Volts for the sizes from M12 to M20 and deliver torque up to 650 Nm. These electrical portable wrenches arelight in weight and easy to operate. They can be used for tightening/loosening bolts of Axle boxes,Transformers, Gear cases etc.

ANTI SMOKING CAMPAIGN

TOBACCO DAY.  Dr. Anjaiah. MD, Dr.Sunil. Chest Physician and Dr.Padma. Family planning In  charge from Railway Hospital, Lallaguda have participated in this campaign and given presentation on the health hazards of active and passive smoking. The meeting was attended by the officers, supervisors and staff of ELS/LGD.

SPECIAL  DRIVES :

15 days special drive to joint check of pantographs with TRD staff and to check and ensure condition of roof equipments (including pantographs, cleaning of roof insulators and roof bars etc.,) in electric locos from 28-12-2013 to 11-01-2014.So far 5 locos covered under this drive.

Regeneration of Energy:

During this month 5.08 Million units of Energy was regenerated by 51 three phase locos (locos visited the shed), which was 12.61 % of the energy consumed by them.

Railway infrastructure around Delhi got a major boost in the 2018 budget, with many hundreds of crores in funding across two projects – the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) and the Delhi Metro.

The RRTS is a series of rail corridors that connect the central sections of the city of Delhi to its neighbouring National Capital Region (NCR) and some parts of the neighbouring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is the entity implementing the high-speed regional rail system.

The project is currently in its inception stage but received a shot in the arm when the Centre allocated Rs 659 crore for Phase 1 of the project in the Union Budget.

In context, just last year, a measly Rs 0.01 crore was allocated to the project.

So what is being funded in Phase 1? This phase of the project consists of three corridors –

• Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut (92.6 km).
• Delhi-Gurugram-Rewari-Alwar (180 km).
• Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat (111 km).

According to an NCRTC spokesperson, the first to be executed will be the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor, with plans that hope to see trains covering the New Delhi-Meerut distance in less than an hour.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) got a Rs 50 crore grant for further expansion in the NCR. This amount will be disbursed for two projects –

• Noida Sector 32 to Electronic City
• Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda (Ghaziabad).

This is apart from the total fund allocated for all Metro projects in the country — Rs. 14,314.60 crore, according to DMRC sources, quoted.

The Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 is already complete, and Phase 4 is yet to be approved by the Government and the Centre. The approval of Phase 4, will be followed by the disbursal of funds.

  Metro Railway services were today affected in the southern part of Kolkata during morning rush hours from 9.:05 AM owing to a technical snag in a rake.

Train services from Kavi Subhash station in the far south to Mahanayak Uttam Kumar station were stalled for 20 minutes after a brake-binding snag in a rake at Shahid Khudiram station, Metro spokesperson Indrani Banerjee said.

During this period, truncated train services were run between Mahayanak Uttam Kumar station and Noapara in the northern part of the metropolis, she said.

Office-goers were affected owing to the disruption, leading to overcrowding of buses.

A seven-year-old boy was saved by a constable from the Railway Protection Force in Naigaon railway station in Mumbai. The constable’s swift action saved the boy from slipping into the small gap between the train track and the platform.

Constable Sunil Kumar Napa was on his duty at platform number 2, at Naigaon station, around 9 pm on February 2, when a train going towards Churchgate entered the station. CCTV footage showed that the boy, who was with his mother, trying to board but before he could the train started moving and he slipped and fell. His mother was already inside the compartment.

The constable, who was standing nearby, rushed in at lightning speed and caught the boy just on time, saving him from an accident, which could have been fatal. Commuters around were stunned but after a few seconds they rushed to towards the boy.

In appreciation of his swift action, the Western Railways have rewarded Constable Sunil Napa for his “exemplary courage and humanity”. The Railways said, apart from the reward, a certificate for his “sense of duty, presence of mind and quick action” has been awarded. The Railways a tweeted, “we thank other commuters too who helped the mother and the child.”

Mumbai trains, which are the lifeline of the city, see as many as eight accidents per day. According to the numbers of the Government Railway Police, over 3,000 people have died in train accidents in 2017.  Just about a fortnight ago, 22-year-old Marathi actor Praful Bhalerao, died in a similar situation when he tried to hop on to a moving train.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there has been a 180 per cent increase in the allocation for Karnataka after the BJP-led NDA government came to power in the centre. The money, however, has not been passed on by the state’s Congress government, he said. He also outlined the party’s plan for the state, which includes a suburban railway for Bengaluru, bonanza for farmers and reiterated Union finance minister Arun Jaitley’s budget promise of putting men in hawai chappals (slippers)  in haiwai jahaaj (airplanes).

“When the Congress was there in the centre, Karnataka was given Rs. 73,000 crore. When the BJP came to power in the centre, we gave the state 2 lakh crore. It is an increase of 180 per cent. However, have you seen that money given to the state?” he said.

He also blamed the Congress for murders of volunteers of the BJP. “With the Congress government in the state, what makes the news is ‘ease of doing murder’,” he charged, pitting it against what he said was the BJP’s focus of improving “ease of living” and ease of doing business.

The Prime Minister also continued his pitch to the farmers, who have been one of the key focus areas in the recently announced Union budget. The BJP, he said, has given “TOP” priority to the farmers, he added, explaining, “by TOP, I mean Tomato, Onion, Potato”.

The focus, he indicated, was also evident in the party’s choice for the top job in the state — BS Yeddyurappa, who headed the earlier BJP government in the state.

Karnataka is the only state in south India, where the BJP came to power once. The party is going all-out to wrest power from the Congress in the assembly election that will be held later this year. Mr Yeddyurappa led the statewide Parivartana Rally, whose culmination was being addressed by PM Modi at Palace Grounds in the heart of the city.

The ruling Congress has dismissed the possibility of the rally influencing the voters. Senior state Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao said, “It was more an yatra of lies and deceit than any parivartana (progress)… they had no agenda or material to attack us. So all they were doing is spreading lies and creating disturbance.”

NEW DELHI:  With job announcement for Class 10 pass and Diploma candidates, Indian Railways has opened up the biggest opportunity for government job aspirants in the country. 21 RRBs, nationwide, will recruit for 27019 vacant Assistant Loco Pilots (ALP) and Technician Grade III posts. Interested candidates can register online till 5 March 2018. The first stage selection process, which will be computer based test (CBT), will be held in April/ May 2018. In 2015, Indian Railways had conducted the biggest recruitment, then, for 18252 RRB NTPC posts.

Indian Railways Announces Jobs For 10th Pass, Diploma Candidates; 27019 Vacancies

There will be two CBTs for both the posts; for ALP post, candidates who qualify the second stage CBT will appear for computer based Aptitude Test (AT).

Applicants should note that individual RRBs will come up with fresh vacancy details after the completion of first CBT. ‘RRBs will publish updated Vacancy Table on their websites indicating the RRB wise vacancies against various Railways/Production units and posts after the completion of First Stage CBT. Candidates who secure marks, equal to or above the Minimum Qualifying Marks prescribed for various communities/categories in the First Stage CBT shall be advised to exercise their option for RRB and preference of Railways and Posts within the chosen RRB.’

Indian Railways ALP, Technician Recruitment Begins: Know How To Apply

CBT, in both stages, will carry negative marking. One third of the marks allotted for each question shall be deducted for each wrong answer. There shall be no negative marking for Computer Based Aptitude Test.

In the second stage CBT, number of candidates shortlisted will be 15 times the vacancies available.

Exam Pattern For First Stage CBT
The exam will be of 1 hour duration and will comprise of 75 questions. The minimum marks required to qualify is 40% for unreserved categories. The questions will be from Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, General Science and General Awareness on Current Affairs.

Exam Pattern For Second Stage CBT
The exam will be of 2 hours and 30 minutes duration (part A: 90 minutes; part B: 60 minutes). Part A will have the same qualifying mark criteria and will consist of 100 questions from Mathematics, General Intelligence and Reasoning, Basic Science and Engineering, General Awareness on Current Affairs. Part B will be qualifying in nature.

Indian Railways ALP, Technician Recruitment 2018 For 27019 Vacancies: Check Your Eligibility

Exam Pattern For Aptitude Test
Only those candidates who have registered for Assistant Loco Pilot post and have qualified both stages of CBT will appear for it. ‘Candidate needs to secure a minimum score of 42 marks in each of the test batteries to qualify. This is applicable to all candidates and no relaxation is permissible.’ There will be no negative marking in this test.

Document Verification
Candidates equal to 50% of the number of vacancy for various posts will also be called for document verification.

Online registration for recruitment to 27019 vacancies in Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician recruitment in 21 railway recruitment boards under Indian Railways has begun. This is a big opportunity for class 10 pass with ITI and Diploma holders. This is one of the biggest recruitment drives ever conducted by Indian Railways, the last one being RRB NTPC CEN 03/2015 recruitment. The official notification CEN 01/ 2018 has been released online. Online registration portal will be open till 5 March 2018.

Read: Indian Railways Announces Jobs For 10th Pass, Diploma Candidates; 27019 Vacancies

Assistant Loco Pilot: Candidates must be class 10 pass with ITI in the trades of Armature and Coil Winder / Electrician / Electronics Mechanic / Fitter / Heat Engine / Instrument Mechanic / Machinist / Mechanic Diesel / Mechanic Motor Vehicle / Millwright Maintenance Mechanic / Mechanic Radio & TV / Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Mechanic / Tractor Mechanic / Turner / Wireman; those with Apprenticeship in the relevant trade are also eligible to apply.

For ALF, Diploma holders in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics / Automobile Engineering (OR) combination of various streams of these engineering disciplines are also eligible to apply.

Read: Indian Railways ALP, Technician Recruitment Begins: Know How To Apply

Technician Grade III: Candidates must be 10th pass with ITI or Apprenticeship in the relevant trade.

Those awaiting final results are not eligible to apply.

Candidates fulfilling the above eligibility criteria and in the age group of 18-28 years are eligible to apply.

Indian Railways has come up with the biggest recruitment of the year. After RRB NTPC 2015, this is one of the major recruitment for 27019 Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technicians. The first stage computer based test, as a part of the selection process, will be held during April and May 2018. Class 10 pass candidates in the age group of 18-28 years are eligible for the recruitment. Candidates shall have to apply at the official website of the RRBs. ‘One application ONLY is required to be submitted for all the notified posts in the Central Employment Notice (CEN).

Read: RRB Recruitment 2018: Jobs For 10th Pass, Diploma Candidates; 27019 Vacancies

Candidates should ensure their eligibility before going for registration. After the submission of application form, candidates will receive registration number and password. OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number of the applicant which will be used to login to the portal and complete the application details and make payment. Candidate should note and preserve their registration number for later reference during the recruitment process and RRBs will not entertain any request seeking registration number.

While Part 1 of the application will ask educational qualification, community, gender, religion, Ex-Serviceman, PWD, minority, economically backward class, age relaxation, eligibility category, etc., the second part of the registration will ask applicants details of the educational qualification, requirement of scribe, choice of exam language, etc.

Indian Railways ALP, Technician Recruitment 2018 For 27019 Vacancies: Check Your Eligibility

Candidates should be very particular about the photograph and signature which needs to be scanned properly with the required dimensions.

Applicants will get a chance to modify their application as well (other than State, email and mobile number) by paying a modification fee of Rs. 250. ‘The modification fee shall be applicable to all candidates including fee concession categories and this fee is not refundable for any category. The modification to the registration and application details can be done twice only.’

Applicants shall have to pay application fee of Rs. 500 (Rs. 250 for for candidates belonging to SC / ST / Ex-Serviceman / PWDs / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class; this fee will be refunded to the same account from which the payment is made).