RRC Central Railway Apprentice Recruitment 2026: 2,861 Slots, Apply by 2 December

RRC Central Railway Apprentice Recruitment 2026 has opened 2,861 training slots for candidates who have passed Class 10 and hold an ITI certificate, under notification RRC/CR/AA/2026 dated 3 November 2026. You apply online only, through rrccr.com, and the form runs from 11:00 am on 3 November to 5:00 pm on 2 December 2026. The stipend is Rs 9,600 a month, and there is no written exam — selection is a merit list made from your Class 10 and ITI marks, followed by document verification and a medical examination. One thing to settle before you apply: this is a one-year apprenticeship under the Apprentices Act, 1961, not a permanent railway job, and training carries no guarantee of absorption into the railways.

At a glance	RRC Central Railway Apprentice 2026
Organisation	Railway Recruitment Cell, Central Railway
Notification	RRC/CR/AA/2026, dated 3 November 2026
Posts	Act Apprentice (training slots)
Total slots	2,861 (provisional)
Application dates	3 November 2026, 11:00 am to 2 December 2026, 5:00 pm
Application route	Online only at rrccr.com
Application fee	Rs 100; nil for SC, ST, PwBD and women candidates
Age limit	15 to 24 years as on 3 November 2026
Qualification	Class 10 pass with at least 50% aggregate + NCVT/SCVT ITI certificate in the notified trade
Stipend	Rs 9,600 per month
Training period	1 year under the Apprentices Act, 1961
Selection	Merit list (Class 10 + ITI marks), document verification, medical examination. No exam

The 2,861 slots, cluster by cluster

The 2,861 slots are spread over five clusters of Central Railway. Mumbai takes the most by far — 1,712 slots. Bhusawal has 500, Pune has 271, Nagpur has 221, and Solapur has 157. The five figures add up to exactly 2,861.

Cluster	Slots
Mumbai	1,712
Bhusawal	500
Pune	271
Nagpur	221
Solapur	157
Total	2,861

Two cautions belong here. First, an addendum dated 9 November 2026 adds Engineering (P-Way) slots, but it prints no revised grand total — so 2,861 remains the figure the notification itself carries, and this article uses it. Second, one source that read the official PDF warns that some printed unit-level totals in the PDF do not match their own rows. Use the 2,861 total and the cluster split above, and check your own trade and unit against the PDF on rrccr.com before you apply.

Who can apply

You need two things. First, Class 10 passed with at least 50% marks in aggregate. Second, an NCVT or SCVT certificate from an Industrial Training Institute in the trade you are applying for. Both must be in hand when you apply — candidates waiting for results cannot apply.

Engineering degree and diploma holders are not eligible for this apprenticeship. Candidates who are already undergoing an apprenticeship, or who have already completed one, must not apply either.

Age is counted as on 3 November 2026: you must have completed 15 years and must not have completed 24 years on that date. Age relaxation applies as per the rules for the reserved categories.

The fee

The fee is Rs 100 for General and OBC men. It is nil for SC, ST and PwBD candidates, and nil for women candidates of all categories. The fee is non-refundable, and it is paid online only. Do not pay through any other route — the notification names no offline fee payment at all.

How the selection works (merit, no exam)

There is no written examination and no interview. Selection is a merit list prepared from the marks in Class 10 and the ITI certificate, in the notified trade. The candidates on the merit list are then called for document verification and a medical examination.

Because the merit list is built entirely from marks, the two numbers that decide your chances are the percentage in Class 10 and the percentage in your ITI trade. Keep the certificates and mark sheets ready — the notification asks for them at verification, and a mismatch between what you filled in the form and what the certificates show can get the application cancelled.

How to apply without getting rejected

Apply only at rrccr.com, and submit the form before 5:00 pm on 2 December 2026. Fill in the cluster and trade you are applying for carefully — the slots are cluster-wise, so the choice you make on the form is the choice that counts. Upload the certificates the form asks for, pay the fee online if it applies to you, and keep a copy of the submitted form and the fee receipt.

Check the notification PDF on rrccr.com for the trade-wise and unit-wise distribution before you apply, especially for your own trade. The PDF is the only place the full distribution is printed, and, as noted above, one source found mismatches between some printed unit totals and their own rows.

What the notification does not say

The notification gives no revised grand total after the 9 November addendum that adds Engineering (P-Way) slots — so the total of 2,861 used in this article is the figure the original notification carries, and the added slots are not counted in it. It also gives no date for the merit list, document verification or the start of training, so do not trust any site that prints one. And it sets no joining date, because training follows verification and the medical examination.

Never pay anyone who promises to get you a seat. Genuine recruitment never charges a fee beyond what the notification itself names, and this notification names Rs 100, or nothing for SC, ST, PwBD and women candidates, payable online only through the official portal.

A similar apprenticeship opening runs alongside this one: ONGC has opened 3,047 apprentice seats, a 12-month apprenticeship with a stipend of Rs 8,200 to Rs 12,300 and no exam, with applications closing on 20 November — that one is also a training programme, not a permanent job, and it suits candidates who do not have an ITI certificate.

Sources: Railway Recruitment Cell, Central Railway, notification RRC/CR/AA/2026 dated 3 November 2026 (official notification PDF, https://rrccr.com/rrwc/Files/7131ab94-6fc8-45c1-a2ed-f9191914dcbd.pdf); FreeJobAlert (https://www.freejobalert.com/articles/rrc-central-railway-act-apprentice-recruitment-2026-3078343); Rajkiya Result (https://www.rajkiyaresult.com/latest-jobs/central-railway-apprentice-recruitment-2026-act-apprentice-total-2861-posts-cac8e846). NOTE: the official PDF was read from the sources that reproduce it, and the figures above were cross-checked across the listed sources, which agree on the 2,861 total, the cluster split, the dates, the fee, the age limit and the selection method. The 9 November addendum adding Engineering (P-Way) slots prints no revised grand total, so the article keeps the notified total of 2,861 and notes the addendum. Apply only through rrccr.com.