Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025

Opening Date : - 12/04/2025

Last Date : - 11/05/2025

Age (as on 01-07-2025): 18 - 30 years

Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025 NATIONALITY / CITIZENSHIP: 

(a) A candidate must be either: (i) a citizen of India, or (ii) a citizen of Nepal, or (iii) a subject of Bhutan, or (iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before 01.01.1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or (v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. (vi) Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. (b) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination provisionally. However, the Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Government of India has to be submitted during Document Verification failing which his/her candidature shall be rejected.

Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025 ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS: 

(a) The list of essential qualifications is given in Annexure-A. (b) Candidates must already have the prescribed Educational/Technical qualifications from a recognized Institute/University as on the last date for submission of ONLINE application. (c) Those awaiting results of their final examination of the prescribed educational/technical qualification, SHOULD NOT apply.  

Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025 MODES OF FEE PAYMENT: 

a) Only ONLINE fee payment through internet banking, debit/credit cards, or UPI will be accepted. All applicable service charges shall be borne by the candidate. b) Fee can be paid by the candidates through ONLINE mode only. There will be no option to pay fee through any other mode. c) Applications received without the prescribed fee shall not be considered and summarily rejected. No representation against such rejection will be entertained.

Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025 REFUND OF EXAMINATION FEE (for those attending CBT-1): 

(a) All candidates must clearly mention their bank details in their application form (viz., Name of Bank, Name of Account Holder, Account Number and IFSC Code) for receiving the refundable portion of their examination fee (i.e., Rs. 400/- or Rs. 250/- as applicable minus bank charges). (b) The responsibility for furnishing correct bank account details lies on the candidates and RRB shall not entertain any correspondence from candidates on this ground. (c) There will be no refund of examination fee for wrong/incomplete beneficiary details and erroneous/ incomplete/rejected applications. 

Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025 Computer Based Aptitude Test (CBAT): 

(a) Candidates equal to 8 (eight) times the number of ALP vacancies for each notified community / category viz., UR(includes OBC-CL), OBC(NCL), SC, ST and EWS (including ExSM), shall be shortlisted for CBAT on the basis of their marks in Part-A of CBT-2 among the candidates who have chosen the same RRB only with the application of reservation rules, provided they qualify in Part-B of CBT-2. In case more than one candidate obtain marks equal to cut-off point, they all will be shortlisted for CBAT (b) Such shortlisted candidates should produce their Vision Certificate in the prescribed format (as per AnnexureVIA) in original, during the CBAT, failing which they will not be permitted to appear. (c) It is mandatory to clear each test battery / section of CBAT separately, to qualify. (d) The CBAT shall be only in English and Hindi and there shall be no negative marking. (e) For information on CBAT, candidates are advised to check the following website links of RDSO – (i) rdso.indianrailways.gov.in -> Verticals -> Traffic and Psychology -> Psychology-Candidate’s Corner, and (ii) https://rdso.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,2,456,5821,6119. (f) Qualifying Marks: All candidates (irrespective of community) must secure a minimum T-score of 42 marks in each test battery separately to qualify in the CBAT. (g) The merit list will be prepared only from amongst candidates qualifying in the CBAT. 70% weightage will be given for marks obtained in Part-A of CBT-2 and 30% weightage for score obtained in the CBAT.  

Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025 Document Verification (DV): 

(a) Based on the marks and merit of candidates in Part-A of CBT-2, qualifying in Part-B of CBT-2 and scores in CBAT, candidates equal to the number of vacancies, will be shortlisted for Document Verification. (b) In case two or more candidates secure equal marks, their merit position shall be determined by age criteria i.e., the older candidate shall be given higher merit than the younger candidate. (c) Appointment of selected candidates is subject to their passing the requisite Medical Fitness Test to be conducted by the Railway Administration and final verification of all essential documents and verification of antecedents / character of the candidates. (d) On completion of all stages of recruitment process, RRB will allot Railway zone/Production unit as per the option of eligible candidates, subject to merit, medical standard and vacancy position. Once candidates are empanelled, as per their merit and choice, they will forfeit the right to be considered for their preference in the next priority zone/unit. However, RRBs are also reserve the right to Railway zone/unit, which is/are not opted by the candidate, if considered in administrative interest, subject to the candidates’ meeting eligibility requirements. (e) In case of any shortfall in empanelment or other exigencies, RRBs reserve the right to utilise the candidates down in the merit list if required, as per merit and options of such candidates. This however, will not confer any vested right on such candidates to be considered for appointment. (f) Candidates may please note that RRBs only recommend names of empanelled candidates to the Railway Zone concerned. The offer of appointment is issued only by the respective Railway Zones. 

Assistant Loco Pilot Recruitment 2025 MODIFICATION OF APPLICATION: 

(a) After the final submission of the ONLINE application with requisite fee, if a candidate wishes to further modify, change or correct any detail except 12 details filled in ‘Create an Account’ form (including mobile number and Email ID) and Chosen RRB, he/she may do so by paying a modification fee of Rs. 250/- (non-refundable) for each occasion. Details filled in ‘Create an Account’ form (including mobile number and Email ID) and Chosen RRB cannot be changed. (b) The modification fee is to be paid by all candidates irrespective of community and category. (c) In the case of a candidate modifying his community from SC/ST to UR or OBC or EWS, he will have to pay the difference in examination fee i.e. Rs.250 in addition to the modification fee. In case of failure to do so, his modified application will not be accepted. (d) Similarly, if a candidate is switching from Ex.SM/Female/Transgender to UR/OBC (NCL)/EWS/Non Ex.SM/Male etc., he will have to pay the difference in examination fee i.e. Rs.250 in addition to the modification fee. In case of failure to do so, his modified application will not be accepted (e) Modifications of ONLINE application will be allowed any number of times on payment of the modification fee for each occasion. (f) Modifications to the ONLINE application, along with the payment of the modification fee, will be permitted up to 10 (ten) days after the closing date and time of submission of applications for this CEN. The modification window will remain open from 14-05-2025 to 23-05-2025. After this period, RRBs shall not entertain any representation for modification of the information furnished in the application.

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