As per the RRB notification (CEN No. 02/2025), a total of 6238 vacancies have been announced for Technician Grade I Signal and Technician Grade III posts. The online application process begins on 28th June 2025 and will continue until 28th July 2025. The recruitment process includes a Computer-Based Test (CBT), Document Verification, and a Medical Examination. Candidates must apply only through the official RRB website and are encouraged to complete Aadhaar verification for a smooth registration process.
A detailed RRB Technician Notification PDF has been released on 27th June 2025 at https://www.rrbcdg.gov.in/ for the recruitment of 6238 Technician vacancies. Candidates interested in the RRB Technician Vacancy must go through the detailed notification PDF to ensure their eligibility for the released vacancies. Click on the link below to download the notification PDF and check all the complete details regarding the recruitment drive.
An examination will be conducted to fill the 6238 vacant positions of Technicians in the Railway Recruitment Board for which the RRB Technician Notification 2025 has been released at https://www.rrbcdg.gov.in/. Candidates can check the overview table of RRB Technician Recruitment 2025 mentioned below as per the notification PDF.
RRB Technician 2025 Exam- Summary | |
Organization | Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) |
Post Name | Technician (Grade 1 Signal and Grade 3) |
Vacancies | 6238 |
Registration Dates | 28th June to 28th July 2025 |
Selection Process |
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Salary |
Grade 1 signal – Rs. 29,200 per month Grade 3 – Rs. 19,900 per month |
Official Website | www.rrbcdg.gov.in |
For the year 2025, the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) on behalf of Indian Railways will recruit candidates for 6238 vacancies. For this year, 183 vacancies are for Technician Grade 1 and 6055 are for Technician Grade 3. The detailed vacancy distribution has been released with the official RRB Technician Notification 2025.
Category | Technician Grade 1 | Technician Grade 3 | Total Vacancies |
UR | 83 | 2547 | 2630 |
SC | 27 | 993 | 1020 |
ST | 12 | 574 | 586 |
OBC | 38 | 1387 | 1425 |
EWS | 21 | 552 | 573 |
Total | 183 | 6055 | 6238 |
The RRB Technician online registration start date has been released along with the release of the RRB Technician Notification 2025.The registration has been started on 28th June 2025 and the last date to apply online is 28th July 2025 (11:59 pm). Further complete schedule has been tabulated below.
Events | Dates |
Notification Release Date | 27th June 2025 |
Apply Online Dates | 28th June 2025 |
Last Date for Registration | 28th July 2025 |
Last Date to fill Application Fee | 28th July 2025 |
Certain eligibility requirements must be fulfilled by candidates before applying for the RRB Technician post. These requirements are based on parameters like educational qualification and age limit.
Candidates must be required to fulfil the educational qualifications for Grade 1 Signal and Grade 3 Posts to be eligible to apply online for RRB Technician Recruitment 2025. The post-wise education qualification is mentioned below in the table.
Posts |
Education Qualification |
RRB Technician Grade 1 Signal |
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RRB Technician Grade 3 |
Matriculation/SSLC plus ITI from recognized institutions of |
As mentioned in the RRB Technician Notification, the minimum age limit is 18 years, and the maximum age is different for both posts.
1. The age limit to apply for Technician Grade 1 Signal posts is 18 to 33 years.
2. The age limit to apply for Technician Grade 3 posts is 18 to 30 years.
3. Upper age relaxation for reserved categories is mentioned below in the table.
Category | Age Relaxation |
SC/ST |
5 years |
OBC (NCL) |
3 years |
Ex-Servicemen (more than 6 months of service after attestation) |
Up to the extent of service rendered in Defence plus 3 yrs |
PWD |
10 years + relaxation for the respective category |
Candidates ordinarily domiciled the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 01-01-1980 to 31-12-1989 |
5 years |
Candidates who are serving Group ‘C’ and Erstwhile Group ‘D’ Railway Staff, Casual Labour and Substitutes in Railways who have put in a minimum of 03 years of service (continuous or in broken spells) |
UR – 40 years, OBC – NCL – 43 years, SC/ST – 45 years |
The online application forms for RRB Technician Recruitment 2025 has been made available at all regional websites for the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) from 28th June 2025 onwards. Candidates holding the required eligibility criteria can apply for the vacancies before 28th July 2025. As the application link is now activated officially, the same can be accessed from below link
While filling out the RRB Technician Application forms, candidates have to pay the required amount of application fees as per their category. Without an application fee candidates’ application forms will be considered incomplete and will be rejected. Category-wise required application fees for RRB Technician Recruitment 2025 are mentioned below in the table.
Category | Application Fee |
For Candidates belonging to SC / ST / Ex-Serviceman / PWDs / Female / Transgender / Minorities / Economically backward class (This fee of Rs 250/- shall be refunded duly deducting bank charges as applicable, on appearing in CBT.) |
Rs. 250/- |
Others Categories |
Rs. 500/- |
All the candidates who are willing to apply to the RRB Technician Recruitment 2025 should be aware of the selection stages that they will have to pass to be hired for this role. There will be 3 stages in the selection process for RRB Technician posts. The candidates will first have to clear the CBT examination. Selected candidates after the CBT round will be called up with the documents to get them verified in the Document Verification and Medical Examination.
Stages | Details |
Computer-Based Test (CBT) |
100 questions for 100 marks |
Document Verification (DV) |
CBT Qualified candidates have to present their documents to |
Detailed Medical Examination (DME) |
Medical examination will be conducted to finally select the |
It is prior for the candidates to understand the exam pattern to know the type of questions, marking scheme, topics to be sked in the exam and other details. Here we have discussed the RRB Technician Exam Pattern for Technician Grade 1 Signal and Grade 3 posts.
The first stage of the examination will be CBT and the exam pattern for the same is mentioned in the table and points below. This will help the candidates in better preparation for the exam.
RRB Technician Grade 1 Signal CBT Exam Pattern 2025 | |||
Subjects | No. of Question | Total Marks | Time |
General Awareness |
10 | 10 |
90 Minutes |
General Intelligence & Reasoning |
15 | 15 | |
Basic of Computers and Applications |
20 | 20 | |
Mathematics |
20 | 20 | |
Basic Science and Engineering |
35 | 35 | |
Total |
100 | 100 |
RRB Technician Grade 3 CBT Exam Pattern 2025 | |||
Subjects | No. of Question | Total Marks | Time |
Mathematics |
25 | 25 |
90 Minutes |
General Intelligence & Reasoning |
25 | 25 | |
General Science |
40 | 40 | |
General Awareness |
10 | 10 | |
Total |
100 | 100 |