Indian Railways Selection Process and Rank

Structure, Recruitment in Indian Railways

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Recruitment in Indian Railways
Indian Railways is divided into 17 Zones, each of these zones is further divided in
divisions with a total of 68 Divisions. Each zone is headed by a General Manager
(GM). Similarly, Each division is also headed by a separate Divisional Railway
Manager (DRM).
Going down in the hierarchy, there are divisional officers belonging to various
departments such as engineering, electrical, mechanical, accounts, personnel etc.
These officers report to the DRM that contacts the Railway ministry directly. Further,
there are station masters that control the flow of train traffic through their specific
stations.
The officers in Indian railways are divided in Four Grades - Grade - A, Grade - B,
Grade - C and Grade - D Officers.
Grade A officers are the highest level officers in Indian railways. Recruitment in
Grade A is done through Civil Services Examination and Combined Engineering
Services Examination conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).
Through Civil Services exam, Group 'A' personnel are recruited for Following
services :Indian Railway Traffic Service,
Indian Railway Accounts Service,
Indian Railway Personnel Service,
Railway Protection Force (RPF)
Through Combined Engineering Services Exam, Group 'A' personnel are recruited for
Following services :Indian Railway Service of Engineers,
Indian Railway Stores Service,
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers,
Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers,
Railway Service of Signal Engineers

Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers personnel are also recruited through
UPSC Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination.
Group 'B' Officers are promoted directly from Group 'C'.
Group 'C' officers are recruited by 19 Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) that
operate under the control of Railway recruitment control board (RRCB).
These Railway recruitment boards are the prime recruiting agencies for zonal
railways, production units etc. They ask for applications for various Group 'C'
vacancies through Technical and Non-Technical cadre exams.
Group 'C' technical services include Civil, mechanical, electrical engineering, signal
and telecommunication etc.Non -technical services include, Clerks, Assistant Station
Masters, Ticket Collectors, Train Clerks, etc.
The selected candidates are recommended to the zonal railways and the provisional
appointment is made form zonal railways headquarters. Various RRBs are given as
below along with Their Webs

Railway Zones in India

Sl. No Name CODE Year of Establishment
Divisions
1
Central Railway
Solapur, Nagpur

CR

Route KMs

1951 3905 Mumbai

2
East Central Railway
ECR
Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur

Headquarters
Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune,

2001 3628 Hajipur

3
East Coast Railway ECoR 2001 2572 Bhubaneswar
Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam
4
Eastern Railway
Asansol, Malda

ER

1952 2414 Kolkata

Danapur, Dhanbad,
Khurda Road,

Howrah, Sealdah,

5
North Central Railway
Agra,Jhansi

NCR

2003 3151 Allahabad

Allahabad,

6
North Eastern Railway
Lucknow,Varanasi

NER

1952 3667 Gorakhpur

Izzatnagar,

7
North Western Railway
Jodhpur

NWR 2002 5459 Jaipur Jaipur, Ajmer,Bikaner,

8
Northeast Frontier Railway
Katihar, Rangia, Lumding, Tinsukia
9
Northern Railway
Lucknow, Moradabad
10

NR

NFR

1958 3907 Guwahati

1952 6968 Delhi Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur,

South Central Railway

SCR 1966 5803 Secunderabad
Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded, Vijayawada

11
South East Central Railway
Raipur, Nagpur

SECR 2003 2447 Bilaspur

12
South Eastern Railway
SER
Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi

1955 2631 Kolkata

13

South Western Railway

15
West Central Railway
Bhopal,Kota

Adra,

Chennai, Trichy, Madurai,

WCR 2003 2965 Jabalpur

16
Western Railway
WR
1951 6182 Mumbai
Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar,Vadodara
Kolkata Metro Railway

Bilaspur,

SWR 2003 3177 Hubli Hubli, Bangalore,Mysore

14
Southern Railway SR
1951 5098 Chennai
Palakkad, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram

17

Alipurduar,

KNR

Last Updated on : November 13, 2014

2009

Jabalpur,

Mumbai Central, Ratlam,

Kolkata

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