INDIAN RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD: RAILWAY ZONES AND DIVISIONS

The Railway Recruitment Board operates under 21 divisional zonal railway jurisdictions that come directly under the bureaucratic authority of the Railway Bhawan and the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB) located in New Delhi. They supervise the recruitment process allocated for all Indian railways recruitment for positions in the Group A, B, C, D cadres and the level 1 to 7 of the 7th central pay commission.

The RRB Indian railway comprises the following railway metro rail departments stationed Central Railway, Eastern Railway, East Central Railway, East Coast Railway, Northern Railway, South Central Railway and so more.

 

Railway Bhawan and the RRCB

Headquartered in New Delhi, the Railway Bhawan houses the Ministry of Railways recruitment administering the railway recruitment board members including Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Indian Railway Construction International Limited (IRCON), Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL), Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) and others. The Ministry of Railways recruitment assigns the Railway Recruitment Control Board to conduct the following:

  • The railway recruitment selection process
  • Hire recruitment agencies across India
  • Create allowances on the work assignments for different RRBs
  • Follow proper conduct on railway policies and procedures.

 

16 Railway zones and 21 Railway divisions

 

1. Railway zone – Central Railway headquartered in Mumbai

Indian railway vacancy 2023 – 2422

Indian railway jobs 2023 – Welder, Painter, Computer Operator and programming assistant, Laboratory Assistant, Instrument Mechanic, Mechanic machine tools maintenance, administration assistant, etc

Application mode – Official RRC Central Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Mumbai
  • RRB Pune
  • RRB Sholapur
  • RRB Bhusawal
  • RRB Nagpur

 

2. Railway zone – East Central Railway headquartered in Hajipur

Indian railway vacancy 2023 – 3115

Indian railway jobs  – CMP, nursing superintendent, GDMO, apprentice, staff nurse, hospital housekeeping assistant, pharmacist, officers

Application mode –Official RRC Eastern Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Dhanbad
  • RRB Samastipur
  • RRB Danapur
  • RRB Mugalsarai
  • RRB Sonpur

 

3. Railway zone – Eastern Railway headquartered in Kolkata

Indian railway vacancy 2023 – 3115

Indian railway jobs  – Nursing superintendent, Health malaria inspector, Pharmacist, Radiographer, Haemodialysis technician, Optometrist, apprentice

Application mode – Official RRC Eastern Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Kolkata
  • RRB Sealdah
  • RRB Kolkata
  • RRB Chitaranjan
  • RRB Asansol
  • RRB Malda

 

4. Railway zone – East Coast Railway headquartered in Bhubaneshwar

Indian railway vacancy 2023 – 1216

Indian railway jobs – Assistant in the bridge, depot, loco shed, point man, signal, telecom, TL, AC, track machine, TRB, hospital assistant, track maintainer grade

Application mode- Official RRC East Coast Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Waltair
  • RRB Sambhalpur
  • RRB Khurda Road

 

5. Railway zone- Northern Railway headquartered in Baroda, New Delhi

Indian railway vacancy 2023 – 3093

Indian railway jobs  – Senior resident, apprentice, staff nurse, lab attendant, attendant, assistant, pharmacist, specialist

Application mode – Official RRC Northern Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Delhi
  • RRB Moradabad
  • RRB Lucknow
  • RRB Ambala
  • RRB Firozpur

 

6. Railway zone – North Central Railway headquartered in Allahabad

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 1659

Indian Railway jobs –Mechanical engineer, Electrical engineer, apprentice

Application mode – Official RRC North Central Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Jhansi
  • RRB Allahabad
  • RRB Agra

 

7. Railway zone – North Eastern Railway headquartered in Gorakhpur

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 1104

Indian Railway jobs – Sports quota, Group C and Group D

Application mode – Official RRC North Eastern Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Lucknow
  • RRB Varanasi
  • RRB Diesel Locomotive Works
  • RRB Izzatnagar

 

8. Railway zone – North Frontier Railway headquartered in Guwahati

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 5636

Indian Railway jobs – apprentice, GDMO, teacher, cultural quota, scouts, and guides quota

Application mode – Official RRC North Frontier Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Guwahati
  • RRB Alipurduar
  • RRB Tinsukhia
  • RRB Lumding
  • RRB Katihar
  • RRB Rangiya

 

9. Railway zone – North Western Railway headquartered in Jaipur

Indian Railway vacancy 2023- 238

Indian Railway jobs – Medical officer, doctor, staff nurse, pharmacist, hospital attendant, apprentice, nursing officer, pharmacist, lab assistant

Application mode – Official RRC North Western Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions –

  • RRB Jaipur
  • RRB Bikaner
  • RRB Ajmer
  • RBB Jodhpur

 

10. Railway zone – Southern Railway headquartered in Chennai

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 3154

Indian Railway jobs – Senior section engineer, sports quota, apprentice, officer, superintendent, lab assistant, assistant, radiographer, physiotherapist, ECG technician, technician, doctor

Application mode – Official RRC Southern Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions –

  • RRB Chennai
  • RRB Palghat
  • RRB Trivandrum
  • RRB Trichy
  • RRB Madurai

 

11. Railway zone- South Central Railway headquartered in Secunderabad

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 4103

Indian Railway jobs – Apprentice, Junior engineer, nursing superintendent, lab assistant, hospital attendant

Application mode – Official RRC South Central Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions –

  • RRB Secunderabad
  • RRB Vijaywada
  • RRB Nanded
  • RRB Hyderabad
  • RRB Guntakal

 

12. Railway zone- South Eastern Railway headquartered in Kolkata

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 1750

Indian Railway vacancy departments – Track machine workshop, SSE work, engineering, Diesel Loco Shed, TRD depot, Electric Loco Shed,  carriage and wagon depot

Application mode – Official RRC South Eastern Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Ranchi
  • RRB Chakradharpur
  • RRB Adra
  • RRB Kharagpur
  • RRB Shalimar

 

13. Railway zone – South East Central Railway headquartered in Bilaspur

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 465

Indian Railway jobs – Apprentice, medical officer, specialist, stenographer, fitter, electrician, staff nurse, pharmacist, lab technician, sports quota

Application mode – Official RRC South East Central Railway website

Indian Railway post divisions-

  • RRB Raipur
  • RRB Nagpur
  • RRB Bilaspur

 

14. Railway zone – South Western Railway headquartered in Hubli

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 904

Indian Railway jobs categories – cultural, scouts, and guides quota

Application mode – Official RRC South Western Railway website

Indian Railway posts divisions-

  • RRB Hubli
  • RRB Rail Wheel Factory, Yelahanka (RWF)
  • RRB Mysore
  • RRB Bangalore

 

15. Railway zone – Western Railway headquartered in Mumbai

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 3612

Indian Railway jobs – Junior clerk, apprentice, junior technical associate, attendant, radiographer, nursing officer, medical officer, staff nurse, translator, stenographer

Application mode- Official RRC Western Railway website

Indian Railway posts divisions-

  • RRB Bombay Central Terminus
  • RRB Ratlam
  • RRB Rajkot
  • RRB Bhavanagar
  • RRB Vadodara
  • RRB Ahmedabad

 

16. Railway zone- West Central Railway headquartered in Jabalpur

Indian Railway vacancy 2023 – 2521

Indian Railway jobs – Electrician, fitter, carpenter, painter, florist, pump operator, machinist, turner, wireman, diesel mechanic, electronics mechanic, computer operator and programming assistant, stenographer, etc.

Application mode – Official West Central Railway website

Indian Railway posts divisions –

  • RRB Bhopal
  • RRB Kota
  • RRB Jabalpur