Railway RRC NR Apprentice Online Form 2026 (4651 Posts)

The Railway Recruitment Cell, Northern Railway, New Delhi has issued Notification No. RRC/NR/03/2026/Act Apprentice dated 6 November 2026 for the engagement of 4,651 Act Apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961 for imparting training at various divisions, units and workshops over Northern Railway. Trade-wise slots are detailed in the notification's annexure for clusters including Lucknow, Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur and Moradabad, and the number of slots is provisional and may increase or decrease at the time of finalisation of the selection.

Candidates must have passed the 10th class examination with a minimum of 50 percent aggregate marks and an ITI in the relevant trade issued by NCVT or SCVT, with the qualification reckoned as on the date of issue of the notification, 6 November 2026. The age limit is 15 to 24 years as on 11 December 2026, with the usual relaxations for SC, ST, OBC, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates. The application fee is Rs. 100, payable online, and SC, ST, PwBD and women candidates pay no fee. A candidate can submit only one application, and applying for a cluster or unit where no slot exists for the candidate's trade leads to summary rejection without any fee refund.

There is no written test or viva for this engagement. Selection is made purely on merit, taking the average of the percentage marks in matriculation and in the ITI examination with equal weightage to both, and a final merit list is prepared cluster-wise, trade-wise and community-wise. Online applications open on 11 November 2026 on the RRC Northern Railway website and close at 23:59 hours on 11 December 2026, and the merit list is expected to be displayed in February 2027. The training does not confer any right to absorption in the Railways.

Eligibility

• The essential qualification must be possessed as on the date of issue of the notification, i.e. 06 November 2026.
• The candidate must select the cluster and units carefully after checking the trade-wise training slots; applying for a cluster/unit where no slot for the candidate's trade is notified leads to summary rejection, and no application fee is refunded in such cases.
• One candidate can submit only one application; on receipt of multiple applications, all applications of the candidate are summarily rejected.
• Imparting of training does not confer any right to absorption in the Railways after completion of training, and it is not obligatory on the employer to offer employment to the apprentice.
• The number of training slots shown in the notification is provisional, liable to increase or decrease depending on the actual need of the administration, and is inclusive of PwBD and Ex-Servicemen slots.

Selection Process

1. Selection is through screening and scrutiny of applications - there is no written test or viva. A merit list is prepared taking the average of the percentage of marks obtained in both Matriculation/SSC/10th (with minimum 50% aggregate marks) and the ITI examination, giving equal weightage to both. In case of a tie, the older candidate is preferred; if the dates of birth are also the same, the candidate who passed the matriculation examination earlier is considered first. The final merit list is prepared cluster-wise, trade-wise and community-wise, equal to the number of slots, and is expected to be displayed in February 2027, followed by document verification.

Salary / Pay Scale

No salary - this is apprenticeship training under the Apprentices Act, 1961. Stipend is payable as per extant rules applicable; the notification does not state a stipend amount.

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