What is RRB ALP Recruitment 2024 notification?

RRB ALP Recruitment 2024 notification is the latest recruitment drive conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) to hire Assistant Loco Pilots (ALPs) for 5696 Vacancies for various railway zones.

When will the RRB ALP 2024 notification be released?

The release date for the RRB ALP 2024 notification has been released for 5696 ALP Posts on 18th January 2024.

How can I apply for RRB ALP 2024?

To apply for RRB ALP 2024, candidates need to visit the official RRB website, fill out the online application form, and follow the specified application process. The direct link to apply for the RRB ALP 2024, will be shared here.

What is the selection process for RRB ALP 2024?

The selection process for RRB ALP 2024 usually involves Computer-Based Tests (CBT) - both CBT 1 and CBT 2, CBAT followed by document verification and medical examination.

What is the exam pattern for RRB ALP 2024?

The exam pattern generally includes subjects like Mathematics, General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Science, and General Awareness of Current Affairs. The detailed exam pattern will be available in the official notification.

RRB ALP Recruitment 2024, Exam Pattern, Selection Process and Syllabus

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RRB ALP Recruitment 2024: The RRB ALP Recruitment 2024 notification has been published by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) for the post of Assistant Loco Pilot post. Through the recruitment cycle, RRB is going to appoint eligible candidates for 5696 ALP vacancies. It is a good opportunity for the candidates to get a government Job in the preferred Zone of the Indian Railway. The online application process has been concluded and the RRB ALP Exam 2024 is expected to be scheduled in June-August 2024.

RRB ALP Recruitment 2024

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is the recruitment body of India Railways which conducts the recruitment process for various posts. The RRB released the RRB ALP Notification 2024 (Centralised Employment Notice (CEN) No. 01/2024) for 5696 vacancies across different zones of India Railways. Candidates from all States/UTs in the country will selected and posted at regional cadres of RRB. Below, we have provided the salary details, physical requirements, application dates, and so on.

RRB ALP 2024

Through the RRB Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2024, the Board is going to appoint eligible candidates through selection stages such as CBT I, CBT II, CBAT, and Document Verification. Those who get selected will be paid an initial salary of Rs. 19,900 per month. Check the overview table below to get the all-important details of RRB ALP Recruitment 2024.

RRB ALP Recruitment 2024
Organization	Railway Recruitment Board
Post Name	Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP)
Vacancy	5696
Advertisement Number	01/2024
Category	Govt Jobs
Exam Date	June-August 2024
Essential Qualification	ITI/ Diploma in relevant discipline
Age Limit	42 years
Salary	Rs. 19,900/-
Job Location	All Over India
Selection Process	CBT I, CBT II, CBAT Document Verification
RRB Official Website	https://indianrailways.gov.in/

RRB ALP Notification 2024 PDF

The RRB has released the detailed RRB ALP Notification 2024 on the official website containing all the details of the recruitment process such as eligibility, age limit, steps to apply, selection process, etc. Candidates can check the notification here, the direct link to download the Notification PDF has been shared below.

RRB ALP Recruitment 2024: Important Dates

The RRB ALP Exam Date has been discussed in the table below. The exact dates for the exam will be released soon.

RRB ALP Recruitment 2024: Important Dates
Events	Dates
RRB ALP Notification Release	18th January 2020
Registration Dates	20th Jan to 19th Feb
RRB ALP Exam Date	CBT 1: June-August 2024, CBT 2: September 2024, CBAT: November 2024, and Document Verification: November-December 2024

RRB ALP Vacancy 2024

For the RRB Assistant Loco Pilot post, RRB has announced a total vacancy of 5696. The detailed category-wise vacancy distribution information has been shared below. You can also check the RRB ALP official Notification 2024 PDF to get the vacancy details which we have provided above in the article.

RRB ALP Vacancy 2024
Post Name	Vacancy
RRB ALP	5696

Region-wise Vacancy

The region-wise vacancies for the Assistant Loco Pilot post have been shared below. We have updated the region-wise vacancy in the table below.

RRB ALP 2024: Region-wise
RRB Regions	Vacancies
Ahmedabad	238
Ajmer	228
Bengaluru	473
Bhopal	219 + 65
Bhubaneshwar	280
Bilaspur	124 + 1192
Chandigarh	66
Chennai	148
Gorakhpur	43
Guwahati	62
Jammu Srinagar	39
Kolkata	254 + 91
Malda	161 + 56
Mumbai	547
Muzaffarpur	38
Patna	38
Prayagraj	652
Ranchi	153
Secundrabad	758
Siliguri	67
Thiruvananthapuram	70
Total	5696

RRB ALP 2024 Apply Online

The RRB ALP Application Form 2024 is now available on the official website of RRB at https://indianrailways.gov.in/ and candidates who are interested in RRB ALP Recruitment and eligible can apply from 20th January 2024 onwards. Please note that the application will be received by the Board only through online mode and no other means of application will be entertained. Also, the last date to apply is 19th February 2024.

RRB ALP 2024 Application Fee

While filling out the application form, candidates are required to pay the application fee online. For the Unreserved and OBC Category, the application fee is Rs. 500/- whereas for the SC / ST / Ex-Serviceman / PWDs / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class it is Rs. 250/-.

Note: The fee for SC/ST/Ex-Serviceman/PWDs/Female/Transgender/Minorities/Economically backward class categories shall be refunded after deducting bank charges as applicable, on appearing in First Stage CBT

RRB ALP 2024 Application Fee
Category	Fee
UR/OBC	Rs. 500
SC / ST / Ex-Serviceman / PWDs / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class.	Rs. 250

RRB ALP 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Before applying for the RRB ALP 2024, Candidates must check the detailed RRB ALP Eligibility criteria as given below.

He/She should be a citizen of India.
He/She should possess a healthy/fit body and be of sound mind.
They should know the regional language from where they are applying for the post.
He/She should be mentally fit to perform the job profile of an Assistant Loco Pilot.

Revised Age Limit (As On 1/7/2024)

RRB ALP Age Limit has been revised and an age relaxation of 3 years has been provided to the candidates due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The minimum age limit for the post of Assistant Loco Pilot is 18 to 33 years as of 1/7/2024.

Download Revised RRB ALP Age Limit Notice

Revised RRB ALP Age Limit

Age Group (in years)	The upper limit of Date of Birth (Not before)	The lower limit of Date of Birth (Not after)	UR & EWS	OBC (NCL)	SC & ST	All Candidates
18 – 33	02.07.1991	02.07.1988	02.07.1986	01.07.2006	–	–

Candidates belonging to different categories have been provided age relaxation accordingly as given below.

RRB ALP 2024 Age Relaxation
Category	Age Relaxation
Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe	5 years
Other Backward Class (Non Creamy Layer)	3 years
Ex-Servicemen (more than 6 months of service after attestation)	Up to the extent of service rendered in Defence plus 3 years
Person With Disability	10 years + relaxation for the respective category
Candidates ordinarily domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989	5 years
Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and Erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes in Railways who have put in a minimum of 3 years of service (continuous or in broken spells)	40 years of age (UR) 43 years of age (OBC-NCL) 45 years of age (SC/ST)
Candidates who are working in Quasi-Administrative offices of the Railway organization such as Railway Canteens, Co-operative Societies and Institutes	Up to the length of service rendered (or) 5 Years, whichever is lower
Widowed/divorced/judicially separated Women from husbands but not remarried.	35 years of age (UR) 38 years of age (OBC-NCL) 40 years of age (SC/ST)
Candidates who are Course Completed Act Apprentice under the Apprenticeship Act before attaining the age of 25 years

Physical/Medical Standard Requirement

The candidates need to be both physically and medically fit. The Medical Standard should be A-1 and the eye vision of the candidates should be as per the data in the table below.

RRB ALP Physical/Medical Standard Requirement
Medical Standard	Physical Standard	Vision Standard
A-1	Physically Fit in All Standards	Distant Vision: 6/6, 6/6 Without glasses with fogging test (must not accept +2D) Near Vision: Sn: 0.6. 0.6 Without glasses Must Pass test for Color Vision, Binocular Vision, Field of Vision, Night Vision, Mesopic Vision, etc.

Educational Qualification

Check the educational qualification required for the post fo RRB ALP 2024:

Matriculation / SSLC, ITI from recognized institutions of NCVT/SCVT 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, OR,
Matriculation / SSLC, Course Completed Act Apprenticeship in the trades mentioned above, OR,
3 years Diploma in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics / Automobile Engineering, OR,
Combination of various streams of these Engineering disciplines from a recognised Institution in lieu of ITI.
Candidates with Degrees in the Engineering disciplines mentioned above can also apply.

RRB ALP 2024 Selection Process

Those who are applying for the RRB ALP Post must know the selection process through which they are required to go through. The RRB ALP Selection Process consists of 4 stages as shown below and all the exams will be conducted in a computer-based manner.

Stage I CBT
Stage II CBT
Computer-Based Aptitude Test (CBAT)
Documents Verification
Medical Examination.

RRB ALP 2024 Exam Pattern

The details of the RRB ALP Exam Pattern for CBT I and CBT II are discussed below in detail:

CBT I Exam Pattern

This table outlines the key details related to the RRB ALP 2024 CBT 1, including the exam mode, total marks, number of questions, duration, subjects, marking scheme, and negative marking policy.

RRB ALP 2024 CBT 1 Exam Pattern
Particular	Details
Exam Mode	Online
Total Marks	75
Total Questions	75
Duration	60 minutes
Subjects	Mathematics, General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Science, General Awareness of Current Affairs
Marking Scheme	1 mark for each correct answer
Negative Marking	⅓ mark for each incorrect answer

CBT II Exam Pattern

The RRB ALP 2024 is to be conducted in an online format. The complete and thorough details of the RRB ALP CBT II Exam Pattern is given below.

The examination has a total duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes.
It comprises two segments: Part A and Part B.
Part A includes questions from Mathematics, General Intelligence & Reasoning, General Science, and General Awareness of Current Affairs.
Part B is centred around Relevant Trades.

RRB ALP 2024 CBT 2 Exam Pattern
Subjects/Sections	Number of Questions	Time Duration
Part A
General Awareness and Current Affairs	10	90 Minutes
General Intelligence & Reasoning	25
Mathematics	25
Basic Science and Engineering	40
Total	100
Part B
Trade Test/Professional Knowledge	75	60 minutes
Total	175 Questions

RRB ALP 2024 Syllabus

The RRB ALP Syllabus 2024 consists of General Awareness, Current Affairs, Reasoning, Mathematics, General Science, Basic Science, and Engineering. In the table below, we have mentioned the topic-wise syllabus for CBT I and CBT II.

RRB ALP 2024 Syllabus Stage 1
Subjects	Topics	Subjects	Topics
General Awareness and Current Affairs	History Geography Polity Economics Environment Science & Technology Sports Arts and Culture Awards and Honors Books and Authors Prominent Personalities Miscellaneous	General Intelligence & Reasoning	Analogies Classification Coding-Decoding Series Mathematical Operations Direction Sense Syllogism Venn Diagram Blood Relation Data Interpretation and Sufficiency Similarities and Differences Arguments and Assumptions Figure Completion Counting of Figures Non-Verbal Reasoning
Mathematics	Number System Simplification (BODMAS) LCM-HCF Decimals & Fractions Ratio and Proportion Percentage Profit and Loss Simple and Compound Interest Time and Work Pipe and Cistern Time and Distance Mixture and Allegation Mensuration Trigonometry Height and Distance Statistics Data Interpretation Algebra	Basic Science and Engineering	Measurements Motion and its Laws Work, Energy, and Power Basic Electricity Electronics Heat and Temperature Engineering Materials
General Science	Physics Chemistry Biology Life Science Nutrition Computer Technology

Check the RRB ALP 2024 Syllabus for stage 2 below.

RRB ALP 2024 Syllabus Stage 2
Subject	Syllabus	Subjects	Syllabus
Electrical Engineering	Electrician Instrument Mechanic Wireman Winder Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic	Automobile Engineering	Mechanic Motor Vehicle Tractor Mechanic Mechanic Diesel Heat Engine Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
Mechanical Engineering	Fitter Mechanic Motor Vehicle Tractor Mechanic Mechanic Diesel Turner Machinist Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic Heat Engine Millwright Maintenance Mechanic	HSC (10+2) with Physics and Maths	Electrician Electronics Mechanic Wireman
Electronics Engineering	Electronics Mechanic Mechanic Radio and TV

RRB ALP 2024 Salary

Upon being finally selected for the position of Assistant Loco Pilot, candidates will be entitled to an attractive salary package by the Government’s Pay Level. In addition to the salary, candidates will receive various perks and allowances as per the established regulations. The selected candidates will be paid as per Level 2 of the Pay Matrix Level 2, with an initial salary of Rs. 19,900.

For detailed information, refer to the comprehensive RRB ALP Salary 2024 structure presented in the table below.

RRB ALP 2024 Salary
Salary	Amount/Types of Allowances
Pay Scale	Rs. 19,900/-
Allowances	HRA, DA, TA, Running Allowance, New Pension Scheme

RRB ALP 2024 Participating RRBs

Given below is a list of participating RRBs of all regions and their official website. Candidates are advised to visit the official website for all the information and regular updates related to the recruitment.

RRB ALP 2024 Participating RRBs
RRB Regions	Official website	RRB Regions	Official website
Ahmedabad	www.rrbahmedabad.gov.in	Jammu Srinagar	www.rrbjammu.nic.in
Ajmer	www.rrbajmer.gov.in	Kolkata	www.rrbkolkata.gov.in
Bengaluru	www.rrbbhopal.gov.in	Malda	www.rrbmalda.gov.in
Bhopal	www.rrbbhopal.gov.in	Mumbai	www.rrbmumbai.gov.in
Bhubaneshwar	www.rrbbbs.gov.in	Muzaffarpur	www.rrbmuzaffarpur.gov.in
Bilaspur	www.rrbbilashpur.gov.in	Patna	www.rrbpatna.gov.in
Chandigarh	www.rrbccdg.gov.in	Prayagraj	www.rrbald.gov.in
Chennai	www.rrbchenna.gov.in	Ranchi	www.rrbranchi.gov.in
Gorakhpur	www.rrbgkp.gov.in	Secundrabad	www.rrbsecunderabad.gov.in
Guwahati	www.rrbguwahati.gov.in	Siliguri	www.rrbsiliguri.gov.in
Thiruvananthapuram	www.rrbthiruvanthapuram.gov.in	–	–