The Railway Recruitment Board in an official notification announced 26,502 vacancies for Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technician jobs. Interested candidates can apply for the available positions at indianrailways.gov.in. As per the notice, candidates can fill in the application form on the official website only. The form is not available offline. It is again important to note that the submission has to be done by March 31, 2018. The department has openings for 17,673 for ALP and 8,829 for various Technician posts.

The board recently has increased the upper age limit to apply for RRB ALP and technician posts. Earlier the age limit for candidates under general category was 28 years and the revised age limit is 30 years. For OBC students, the upper age limit is 33 years and for SC/ST, it is 35 years. How to apply for Railway Recruitment 2018?

1. Visit the official website, indianrailways.gov.in.

2. Read the instructions carefully before you begin with the application process.

3. Upload the scanned educational documents in JPEG format along with your passport size photograph.

4. While you submit the registration form, the registration number and password will be displayed on the screen. And you will receive the same on the contact details that you provide.

5. Select the mode of payment to finish with the procedure. The fee can be paid online through debit/credit card or offline through Bank challan.

There are five stages for the selection of RRB ALP and Technician posts. First two stages are Computer Based Test (CBT), only ALP candidates will have to undergo another Computer Based Aptitude Test, the fourth stage would be document verification and the final one is a medical test. The aspirants have to qualify all the above stages to get recruited in the available vacancies under Indian Railways. The pay scale for the positions is nearly Rs. 19,900. The exam dates shall be declared on the official website soon.

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