RRB JE exam on 27 and 28 October: check your exam city now, e-call letters four days before your date

The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) have made the exam city and date link live for the first-stage Computer Based Test (CBT-I) under CEN No. 04/2026, for Junior Engineer (JE), Depot Material Superintendent (DMS) and Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant (CMA) posts. The notice is dated 17 October 2026. The test is on 27 and 28 October 2026, a schedule the boards fixed in a revised notice on 2 October.

Key dates

Step	Date
Exam city and date link, travel authority for SC and ST candidates	Live now (notice of 17 October)
E-call letters	About 4 days before your exam date
CBT-I	27 and 28 October 2026

The posts

The original notification of 13 August listed 3,993 JE and DMS vacancies. Corrigendum No. 1 of 18 August added one JE (Electrical/TRS) post at RRB Secunderabad and 35 CMA posts for B.Sc. graduates with Physics and Chemistry, taking the total to 4,029. All posts are at Level 6 of the 7th CPC, with a starting basic pay of ₹35,400. The age limit is 18 to 33 years on 1 January 2027.

RRB Ahmedabad has 143 posts on Western Railway, including 41 JE (P. Way), 19 JE Mechanical (Workshop), 18 JE Electrical (General Services), 18 DMS, 14 JE (Works) and 13 JE Signal.

What CBT-I looks like

Section	Questions and marks
Mathematics	30
General Intelligence and Reasoning	25
General Awareness	15
General Science (up to Class 10 CBSE)	30
Total	100 in 90 minutes

• One third of a mark is cut for every wrong answer.
• Minimum marks to be considered: 40% for UR and EWS, 30% for OBC (NCL) and SC, 25% for ST.
• CBT-I is a screening test. Up to 15 times the vacancies in each community at each RRB go on to CBT-II, a 150-question, 120-minute paper with the technical section.
• No calculator is allowed in CBT-I. A mobile phone or Bluetooth device, even switched off, gets your candidature cancelled.

Fee refund

Only candidates who sit CBT-I get money back: ₹400 of the ₹500 fee for most candidates, and the full ₹250 for SC, ST, ex-servicemen, PwBD, women, transgender, minority and EBC candidates, less bank charges.

What to do now

1. Log in on rrb.indianrailways.gov.in through your RRB’s page and check your exam city and date. SC and ST candidates should download the travel authority from the same link.
2. Download your e-call letter about four days before your date. It is the only document that fixes your centre and shift.
3. Carry your original Aadhaar card or a printout of e-verified Aadhaar. Aadhaar-linked biometric checks happen at the centre, so make sure your Aadhaar is unlocked in the UIDAI system before you travel.
4. If your Aadhaar has an old photo, a wrong date of birth or biometrics not updated after age 15, fix it now. The details must match your Class 10 certificate.
5. For help, the RRB helpdesk is 9513166371, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 6 pm.

Other railway updates: the Technician answer keys and the NTPC 2026 application windows.

CareerBox News Desk, reporting on the Railway Recruitment Boards’ notice of 17 October 2026 on the city intimation slip and helpdesk for CBT-I under CEN No. 04/2026, the revised CBT-I schedule of 2 October 2026, the detailed CEN No. 04/2026 of 13 August 2026 and its Corrigendum No. 1 of 18 August 2026. Official portal: rrb.indianrailways.gov.in. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.