# Indian Railways to recruit 1,250 station masters from 27 October 2026-10-26T10:23:31+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Indian Railways has announced 1,250 station master vacancies, with applications opening on Tuesday, 27 October and closing on 25 November. The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) issued the advertisement on Sunday, 25 October. Candidates can apply through the RRB website rrbapply.gov.in. For the first time, the posts have been advertised through a separate centralised employment notice. Earlier, station master positions were part of the NTPC graduate recruitment. RRB Ajmer will be the nodal agency for this recruitment drive. The detailed notification will specify zone-wise vacancies, educational qualification, age limit and selection process. The posts fall under pay level-6 of the Seventh Pay Commission. In 2019, 6,865 station master posts were advertised, subsequent recruitments in 2024 and 2025 had fewer than 1,000 posts each. This year, around 1,250 posts have been proposed. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The separate recruitment notice for station masters, after years of being bundled with other graduate-level posts, signals a structural change in how Indian Railways fills a safety-critical front-line role. By making RRB Ajmer the nodal agency and capping the total at 1,250 posts, the railways are centralising a process that previously saw vacancies fall well below 1,000 in 2024 and 2025. The detailed notification, expected to clarify zone-wise vacancies, eligibility and selection procedure, will determine whether the higher number this year marks a genuine expansion or a one-time clearance of backlogs. With applications opening from Tuesday, 27 October and closing on 25 November, candidates have a tight one-month window to apply. The final zone-wise allotment list will show if the promised 1,250 figure holds or shrinks upon publication of the full notification. ## Coverage - bhaskar.com Leads with the vacancy figure and application dates, neutral factual reporting This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Indian Railways, RRB, RRB Ajmer, seventh pay commission Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/indian-railways-to-recruit-1250-station-masters-from-27-october/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/indian-railways-to-recruit-1250-station-masters-from-27-october/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/