Railway Board Restores Pre-2019 Recruitment Pattern for Officers

The Railway Board is offering options of Traffic, Accounts, and Personnel streams to officers recruited through the Civil Services Examination in 2022-2024 for the Indian Railway Management Services. From 2025, both Civil Services Exam and Engineering Services Exam will be used to recruit officers to various sub-cadres.

The Railway Board has introduced new stream options—Traffic, Accounts, and Personnel—for officers entering the Indian Railway Management Services via the Civil Services Examination for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024.

This decision follows the recruitment changes enacted in 2019, which saw two batches already integrated into the new system, with a third batch in progress for 2024.

Reversing a previous pattern, the Railway Ministry's Gazette notification specifies that from 2025 onwards, recruitment will occur through both the Civil Services Exam and the Engineering Services Exam under the revised Recruitment Rules.

(With inputs from agencies.)