Railway NFR Apprentice Online Form 2026

Railway NFR Apprentice Online Form 2026 — a certificate verification schedule — is summarised below. The key figures are an application window closing 19 August 2026 and a fee of ₹100 for unreserved candidates. Everything below — dates, eligibility, fee and the official links — is set out in the order you will need it.

Indian Railways recruits through Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) and Railway Recruitment Cells (RRC). Railway selection normally runs one or more computer-based tests followed, depending on the post, by a physical efficiency test, document verification and a medical examination with post-specific vision standards.

Applications open on 20 July 2026 and close on 19 August 2026, giving candidates 31 days to complete the process. The 31-day window is comfortable, though last-day traffic still causes portal failures every cycle — applying in the first half avoids it. Fee payment closes on 19/08/2026 — note that this can fall on a different day from the form deadline, and an unpaid form is not a submitted form.

The age limit runs from 15 to 24 years for unreserved candidates. That is a 9-year band, so candidates near either edge should confirm the exact cut-off date the notification measures age against — it is usually a fixed reference date, not the date you apply. On qualifications, the notification states: Post Name Total Post Katihar (KIR) & Tindharia (TDH) Workshop 1103 Alipurduar (APDJ) 651 Rangiya (RNY) 750 Lumding (LMG) 1274 Tinsukia (TSK) 860 New Bongaigaon Workshop (NBQS) & Engineering Workshop (EWS/BNGN) 881 Dibrugarh Workshop (DBWS) 763 NFR Headquarter (HQ)/ Malegaon 495. If your degree is an equivalent under a different name, look for the equivalence clause in the official PDF before paying the fee — a form rejected for a qualification mismatch is not usually refundable.

SC / ST and All Category Female are exempt from the application fee under this notification. All fee-paying categories are charged the same ₹100. Payment is accepted via debit card, credit card, and net banking. Pay only through the official portal linked on this page; the fee is normally non-refundable once the form is submitted.

Document verification is where otherwise-successful candidates most often fall out, usually over a missing category certificate or a name mismatch across documents. Assemble originals plus self-attested photocopies well before the date, and get any discrepancy in spelling or date of birth corrected in advance — it cannot be resolved on the day.