RRB NTPC 2026: 5,236 railway posts, and the Class 12 window opened on 15 October. Graduates must apply by 6 November

The Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) now have both halves of their Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) recruitment open. CEN 06/2026 covers posts for graduates and has been taking applications since 8 October. CEN 07/2026, for candidates who have passed Class 12, was published on 14 October and its application window opened on 15 October 2026. Together they notify 5,236 posts.

The posts

Post	Pay level (initial pay)	Vacancies
CEN 06/2026, graduate level (age 18 to 33)
Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor	Level 6 (₹35,400)	127
Goods Train Manager	Level 5 (₹29,200)	2,750
Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist	Level 5 (₹29,200)	300
Senior Clerk cum Typist	Level 5 (₹29,200)	371
CEN 07/2026, Class 12 level (age 18 to 30)
Commercial cum Ticket Clerk	Level 3 (₹21,700)	700
Accounts Clerk cum Typist	Level 2 (₹19,900)	200
Junior Clerk cum Typist	Level 2 (₹19,900)	600
Trains Clerk	Level 2 (₹19,900)	188

Key dates

Step	CEN 06/2026 (graduate)	CEN 07/2026 (Class 12)
Applications open	8 October 2026	15 October 2026
Last date to apply	6 November 2026, 11:59 pm	13 November 2026, 11:59 pm
Last date for fee payment	8 November 2026	15 November 2026
Correction window (with fee)	9 to 18 November 2026	16 to 25 November 2026

Eligibility in brief

• Graduate posts: a degree from a recognised university, held by the closing date.
• Class 12 posts: Class 12 or equivalent with at least 50% marks. The 50% condition does not apply to SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates, or to those with a qualification higher than Class 12.
• Candidates still waiting for their final result cannot apply.
• Age is counted on 1 January 2027. For the Class 12 posts, an unreserved candidate must be born between 2 January 1997 and 1 January 2009. For the graduate posts, the earliest birth date for unreserved candidates is 2 January 1994. OBC and SC/ST candidates get the usual relaxation.

What has changed

Both notices say the Computer Based Typing Skill Test has been dispensed with for the clerk-typist and accounts-assistant-typist posts. Typing will instead be judged after joining, and poor typing can delay confirmation or promotion. Selection runs through a first-stage CBT, a second-stage CBT, then document verification and a medical test.

Fee and how to apply

The fee is ₹500, of which ₹400 comes back after you sit the first CBT. SC, ST, ex-servicemen, PwBD, women, transgender, minority and Economically Backward Class candidates pay ₹250, all of it refunded on appearing. You can apply to only one RRB per notice. A second application gets all of them rejected.

What to do now: read Annexure B of your notice for the vacancies in the RRB you plan to choose, then apply on rrbapply.gov.in before the closing date. Choices of RRB and posts cannot be changed once submitted.

CareerBox News Desk, reporting on the Railway Recruitment Boards’ Centralised Employment Notices No. 06/2026 (NTPC Graduate) and No. 07/2026 (NTPC Under Graduate, published 14 October 2026). Official portal: rrb.indianrailways.gov.in. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.