RRB: Vacancies for Assistant Loco Pilot increased; recruitment will now be for 14,627 posts—see zone-wise details..

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has increased the number of vacancies for the Assistant Loco Pilot recruitment (CEN 01/2026) to 14,627. According to the revised official vacancy breakdown, these posts are distributed across various Railway Recruitment Boards and zones. Candidates can now view the details of the posts based on their respective regions and categories.

How many vacancies per category?
Of the total vacancies, 6,032 posts are for the Unreserved (UR) category, 2,309 for Scheduled Castes (SC), 1,259 for Scheduled Tribes (ST), 3,662 for Other Backward Classes (OBC), and 1,365 for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS). Additionally, 1,461 posts have been allocated for Ex-Servicemen (ExSM).

What was the initial number of posts, and what is the increase?
The initial detailed notification specified a total of 11,127 posts for Assistant Loco Pilots. With the revised vacancy breakdown, this number has now reached 14,627. This represents an increase of 3,500 posts—an expansion of approximately 31.5 percent in the total number of vacancies. The original figure of 11,127 posts was mentioned in the official notification issued by the Railway Recruitment Board.

Breakdown of posts by category:
According to the revised vacancy details, the distribution by category is as follows:

Category    Number of Posts
Unreserved (UR)    6,032
Scheduled Caste (SC)    2,309
Scheduled Tribe (ST)    1,259
Other Backward Class (OBC)    3,662
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)    1,365
Total    14,627

Additionally, 1,461 posts have been allocated for Ex-Servicemen (ExSM). Please note that this figure relates to horizontal reservation. It should not be added again to the total of 14,627 posts (which are categorized by reservation category).

Which RRB has the highest number of posts?
According to the revised zone-wise details, the highest number of vacancies under the RRBs is in Secunderabad, followed by Ranchi and Kolkata. The RRB-wise breakdown, based on the total vacancies across all relevant zones, is as follows:

RRB    Total Posts
Ahmedabad    517
Ajmer    718
Prayagraj    610
Bengaluru    200
Bhopal    483
Bhubaneswar    1,251
Bilaspur    722
Chandigarh    187
Chennai    186
Gorakhpur    105
Guwahati    676
Jammu-Srinagar    400
Kolkata    1,431
Malda    713
Mumbai    1,374
Muzaffarpur    342
Patna    153
Ranchi    1,856
Secunderabad    2,039
Siliguri    600
Thiruvananthapuram    64
Total    14,627

Which railway zones have the highest number of vacancies?
Looking at the zone-wise data, the number of vacancies in some of the major zones is as follows:

South Eastern Railway (SER): 1,878 posts
South Central Railway (SCR): 1,374 posts
East Coast Railway (ECoR): 2,075 posts
East Central Railway (ECR): 1,200 posts
Western Railway (WR): 714 posts
South East Central Railway (SECR): 722 posts

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