The Ministry of Railways has approved an annual RRB Exam Calendar 2026 to streamline all RRB recruitments for the year 2026-27, ensuring that vacancy assessment and notifications follow a fixed time frame. Zonal Railways and Production Units are instructed to assess and submit their vacancies into the Online Integrated Railway Management System (OIRMS) according to the prescribed schedule so that centralised recruitment can proceed smoothly.
RRB Exam Calendar 2026
For the coming year 2026-27, the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released a tentative RRB Exam Calendar 2026 depicting which exams are to be held. The calendar includes details for Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP), Technicians, Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate & Under Graduate), Group D Level 1, Section Controller, Paramedical Categories, Ministerial & Isolated Categories, Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent, and Chemical & Metallurgical Assistant posts.
| Exam | Notifications | Vacancies |
| RRB ALP Recruitment 2026 | February 2026 | To be notified |
| RRB Technician 2026 | March 2026 | To be notified |
| RRB Section Controller | April 2026 | To be notified |
| RRB Paramedical Recruitment 2026 | July 2026 | To be notified |
| RRB JE 2026 | July 2026 | To be notified |
| RRB NTPC 2026 | August 2026 | To be notified |
| RRB Ministerial & Isolated Categories 2026 | September 2026 | To be notified |
| RRB Group D 2026 | October 2026 | To be notified |
RRB Exam Calendar 2026 (Proposed Schedule)
As per the annual calendar, the assessment of vacancies and their approval in OIRMS are scheduled for one or more months before the proposal of the draft centralised employment notice (CEN) for each category.
| Period | Posts | Vacancies up to | Assessment in OIRMS | Indenting of vacancies in OIRMS after approval |
| January–March | Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) | 30th June 2027 | December 2025 | January 2026 |
| Technicians | January 2026 | February 2026 | ||
| April–June | Section Controller | February 2026 | March 2026 | |
| Junior Engineers / Depot Material Superintendent / Chemical Metallurgical Assistant | 30th September 2027 | May–June 2026 | June–July 2026 | |
| July–September | Paramedical Categories | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified |
| Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate & Undergraduate) | 30th September 2027 | June 2026 | July 2026 | |
| October–December | Ministerial & Isolated Categories | 31st December 2026 | August 2026 | September 2026 |
| Group D Level 1 | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified |
Nodal RRBs for Railway Recruitment 2026
For each group of posts, a specific RRB is nominated as the “Nodal RRB” responsible for coordinating all aspects of recruitment for that category in 2026. The complete list, as notified by the Ministry of Railways, is as follows-
| Posts | Nodal Railway Recruitment Board |
| Assistant Loco Pilot | RRB Jammu |
| Technicians (Gr.-I Signal and Grade-III) | RRB Thiruvananthapuram |
| JE / DMS / CMA | RRB Bhubaneswar |
| Non-Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) | RRB Prayagraj |
| Non-Technical Popular Categories (Undergraduate) | RRB Ahmedabad |
| Paramedical Categories | RRB Bilaspur |
| Level-1 | RRB Chandigarh |
| Ministerial & Isolated Categories | RRB Guwahati |
| Section Controller | RRB Mumbai |
RRB Calendar 2026 PDF
The Ministry of Railways has released the RRB Exam Calendar 2026 for the Zonal Railways/Production Units to assess the number of vacancies to be filled for the next year. You can also download the proposed RRB Exam Calendar 2026 pdf to check all the details that the Railway Recruitment Board mentioned regarding various exams to be conducted in the financial year 2026-27.
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