Prayagraj: The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has increased the number of vacancies for Technician Grade-III posts under the 2026 recruitment from 6,234 to 7,002, adding 768 posts following additional demand received from zonal railways.The increase has been made in categories 5, 12 and 15, covering posts such as welder, carriage and wagon and fitter. The revised vacancy list includes zones falling under several RRBs. However, the number of Technician Grade-I (Signal) posts remains unchanged at 323.In another development, regular employees of Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi, have also been made eligible to apply for 694 posts under the North Central Railway General Departmental Competitive Examination (GDCE) Recruitment 2026. Earlier, only employees of NCR were eligible for these posts.BLW employees can submit their applications online by Oct 30. Employees who have already submitted applications do not need to apply again, according to the revised eligibility provision.The 694 GDCE vacancies include 428 assistant loco pilot posts, 89 technician posts, 70 junior engineer posts, 104 commercial cum ticket clerk posts and three junior clerk posts.
