Railway TTE Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

• One mark a question; one third of a mark off for each wrong answer. Three wrong cancel one right.
• That's 54 seconds a question in the first paper and 45 in the second.
• 120 minutes for candidates eligible for a scribe.
• Section splits are indicative and may vary a little.
• Marks are normalised when a CBT runs in several sessions.

The 1st Stage only shortlists: 15 times the community-wise vacancies of the posts notified against your RRB go through, and the Railways can raise or lower that. For posts without a typing or aptitude test, which includes both ticketing posts, the CEN says normalised 2nd Stage marks are used to shortlist for Document Verification.

If you're shortlisted for the 2nd Stage under an OBC-NCL, SC, ST, EWS, PwBD or ex-servicemen reservation, you stay in that category for every later stage.

The same topic list applies to both CBTs and both notices. What changes is the standard: the CEN says questions follow the educational level of the post, so 12th standard for the undergraduate notice and degree level for the graduate one.

There's no railway-specific paper, no ticketing rules and no commercial manual. Ticket clerks sit the same general paper as every other NTPC candidate and learn the job after joining.

Commercial cum Ticket Clerk (CEN 07/2025)

12th (+2 stage) or equivalent with at least 50 per cent in the aggregate. The 50 per cent isn't required for SC, ST, persons with benchmark disabilities, ex-servicemen, or anyone with a qualification above 12th, so a graduate applying here doesn't need it. Age 18 to 30 on 1 January 2026.

Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor (CEN 06/2025)

A degree from a recognised University or equivalent. Age 18 to 33 on 1 January 2026.

You must hold the qualification by the closing date (4 December 2025 for CEN 07/2025, 27 November 2025 for CEN 06/2025). If you're still awaiting results, you can't apply.

Age relaxation

You get the largest single relaxation, not the sum. SC, ST and OBC-NCL candidates applying against UR vacancies get none, and PwBD candidates against UR vacancies get only the PwBD (UR) relaxation. Your date of birth must match your 10th certificate exactly.

Medical standards

Both ticketing posts are B-2. Lasik or other refractive surgery rules you out of A-2 and A-3 posts (Station Master, Goods Train Manager, Traffic Assistant, Trains Clerk) but not B-2 or C-2, under Railway Board letter 2022/H/5/1/NER/Dalbir of 25 August 2022. Fail the medical and there's no alternative post; you get one paid Medical Appeal, and its result is final. PwBD and ex-servicemen standards are at Paras 511(7) and 534 of the Indian Railway Medical Manual, Volume I (Chapter 5).

Disability

Both ticketing posts are identified for hearing impairment (D, HH), locomotor disability (OA, OL, MW, LC, DW, AAV, and SD or SI without neurological or limb dysfunction) and multiple disabilities, but not visual impairment. A scribe-eligible candidate gets 120 minutes instead of 90, or 20 minutes per hour extra without a scribe.

Provisional until DV

RRBs don't check eligibility in advance. Claims are tested at Document Verification and false or suppressed information means rejection at any stage, even later. Category claims, fee concessions and the PwBD certificate are judged on the closing date. If your certificate postdates it, bring marks sheets showing the result date, or a board or university certificate of that date. A name change needs a Gazette notification or other legal document.

1. 1st Stage CBT: 100 questions, 90 minutes, screening only.
2. 2nd Stage CBT: 120 questions, 90 minutes, for 15 times the community-wise vacancies. Its normalised marks are the whole merit.
3. Document Verification for as many candidates as vacancies (1:1).
4. Medical examination at B-2, then empanelment and zone allotment.

Shortlisting for DV and empanelment is strictly on merit, above the minimum qualifying marks. On a tie, the older candidate ranks higher; if ages match, the name in A to Z order. At DV you must bring originals, with no extra time, and government or PSU employees need an NOC from their employer that day or lose their candidature.

Posting

The RRB allots a zone or production unit on your options, merit, medical standard and vacancies. Once empanelled for one preference you lose the next, and the Board can post you somewhere you didn't choose. The CEN adds that you stay on the Railway you join, with no right to a transfer, and no transfer request is registered until you've served at least 5 to 10 years. Pick your RRB with that in mind.

Appointees are liable to serve in the Railway Engineers' Unit of the Territorial Army and may have to sign a security or indemnity bond. RRBs only recommend names; the Railway Administration issues the appointment. If there's a shortfall, the Boards can go further down the merit list, though that gives no vested right. Results can be corrected for errors at any stage, even after appointment, which can mean removal from service.

The RRBs have appointed no agents or coaching centres, and anyone trying to influence them is disqualified. Use only the official Board websites (rrb.indianrailways.gov.in); the helpline is rrb.help@csc.gov.in, working days 10:00 to 17:00.

₹21,700 is the first cell of Level-3 and ₹35,400 of Level-6. Neither is take-home: Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance by city class, Transport Allowance and commercial staff allowances are added, and National Pension System and health scheme contributions come off.

The graduate post starts 63 per cent higher, but there are fifteen Ticket Clerk vacancies for every Ticket Supervisor one (2,424 against 161). A graduate eligible for both is choosing between a better grade and a much better chance.

CEN 07/2025, Under Graduate

CEN 06/2025, Graduate

Submit one online application through the RRB websites, to one RRB, ranking zones, units and posts within it. Partial options are honoured as given; a post left blank counts as unwillingness; options are final. More than one application, to any RRB, gets them all rejected and can debar you from future RRB and RRC exams.

• The account is created on rrbapply.gov.in. If you made one for any RRB notice in 2024 or 2025, log in with it rather than making another.
• Twelve Create an Account details can't be edited later, including name, date of birth, matriculation details, email, mobile, Aadhaar e-KYC and the chosen RRB.
• Later changes are only possible in the modification window, at ₹250 a time, non-refundable.
• Verify with DigiLocker or Aadhaar. Using another photo ID brings much stricter scrutiny at every stage.
• The Boards' FAQs advise using a desktop, as parts of the form don't work well on a phone. Keep your registration number.

Fee

Pay online only. An application without the fee is rejected. Minorities means Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Zoroastrians (Parsis), and you'll need an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper at DV. EBC means family income below ₹50,000 a year, shown by an income certificate, BPL card, Railways Izzat MST or a Central Government poverty scheme certificate held when you apply. It isn't OBC or EWS.

Scribes

A scribe must do a One Time Registration on rrbapply.gov.in, help only one candidate, be one step below the candidate's qualification, and not be a candidate in the same CEN.

The employer is Indian Railways, through its zones and production units; the recruiter is the Railway Recruitment Boards under the Ministry of Railways. The CEN lists the twenty-one Board websites at Para 16.0.

Document verification and the medical apply to every post in both notices.

The RRBs fix every date, time and venue, and won't postpone or move them. Cities and centres are allotted on technical and logistical grounds, so you may have to travel to another state. SC and ST candidates can ask for a free Sleeper Class pass, which comes with the e-call letter; carry your original community certificate when travelling. Misuse means rejection and debarment.

Only the e-call letter goes inside. No phones, Bluetooth devices, watches, calculators, health bands, pens, paper, bags, caps, wallets, water bottles or food. A phone found on you, even switched off, means cancellation, debarment and possible legal action. A pen is provided. Don't wear henna, as it blocks biometric capture, and don't count on a cloak room.

CEN 07/2025 (Under Graduate): Commercial cum Ticket Clerk

CEN 06/2025 (Graduate): Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor

The corrigenda (Corrigendum-1 to CEN 06/2025, 19 November 2025; Corrigendum-1 to CEN 07/2025, 27 November 2025) moved each deadline by a week but kept age at 1 January 2026. CBT, DV and medical dates are announced later on the RRB websites, city intimation first and the e-call letter after.

Nothing is posted. Download the city and date intimation, the e-call letter and any travel authority from your RRB's site via rrb.indianrailways.gov.in, and follow the e-call letter's instructions exactly. Updates come by SMS and email to the details you registered, which can't be changed.

At DV bring all originals: your 12th or degree certificate and marks sheets, your 10th certificate for date of birth, community and category certificates (with the minority affidavit or EBC proof if you claimed a fee concession), an employer NOC if you're in government or a PSU, and a Gazette notification if your name has changed.

CBT results and empanelment lists go up on each RRB's website, reached from rrb.indianrailways.gov.in, with SMS and email alerts. Dates for each stage are announced the same way. Cut-offs are published per Board, post and category with the results.

Empanelment depends on DV and the medical, and the appointment letter comes from the Railway Administration, not the RRB. Promotion within the commercial and ticket-checking cadre follows the Railway Administration's own rules; the CEN says nothing about it.

No cut-off has ever been published for a TTE post, because the RRBs have never advertised one. For the ticketing posts, cut-offs for CEN 06/2025 and 07/2025 will appear on each RRB's website with the results, by post and category, as normalised scores.

The minimum qualifying marks, in both CBTs, are:

Ex-servicemen follow their community's figure, and PwBD candidates can get a 2-mark relaxation if there aren't enough of them for reserved posts. The real bar is the shortlist ratio: 15 times the vacancies to the 2nd Stage, then 1:1 to DV.

Prepare for the right exam

There's no TTE paper. With 12th you're aiming at Commercial cum Ticket Clerk; with a degree, Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor as well. Good RRB NTPC material at your level is the right preparation, and anything sold as a "TTE syllabus" or "TTE paper" isn't from an RRB notice.

Put your effort into the 2nd Stage

The first paper only screens. Your rank comes entirely from the 120-question second paper, so practise at 45 seconds a question with the one-third penalty applied, and don't guess blind.

Don't neglect General Awareness

It's the biggest section in both papers (40, then 50) and its list includes things general studies books often skip: Indian literature, monuments, transport systems, computer basics, abbreviations, flagship schemes and public sector organisations. Maths and reasoning together are 60 marks in the first paper and 70 in the second. The maths stops at elementary algebra, geometry, trigonometry and statistics, so it's the most reliable scoring.

Set preferences with care

If your eyesight rules out the A-2 or A-3 posts, the B-2 ticketing posts may still be open. And choose your RRB as if you'll stay there for a decade, because transfers aren't registered for at least 5 to 10 years.

No previous year papers or answer keys are published for these notices. The RRBs keep no past-paper archive.

Before each CBT, your RRB posts a Mock Test Link on its website (via rrb.indianrailways.gov.in) that runs on the real exam interface. The CENs (CEN 07/2025, CEN 06/2025) and the Boards' FAQs are the only other official material.

• rrb.indianrailways.gov.in: the RRB websites, where every later notice for your Board appears
• CEN 07/2025 (Under Graduate, 28 October 2025, 56 pages): Commercial cum Ticket Clerk
• CEN 06/2025 (Graduate, 21 October 2025, 59 pages): Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor
• Corrigendum-1 to CEN 06/2025 and Corrigendum-1 to CEN 07/2025: revised dates
• The Boards' FAQs
• rrbapply.gov.in: the common application portal and scribe registration

Is there a Railway TTE exam?

No. The RRBs don't advertise a Travelling Ticket Examiner post.

Then how do I get into ticket checking?

Through the NTPC notices: Commercial cum Ticket Clerk with 12th, or Chief Commercial cum Ticket Supervisor with a degree.

Does the 1st Stage count towards my rank?

No. It only shortlists for the 2nd Stage.

Is there a typing or aptitude test for these posts?

No. The 2nd Stage CBT is the whole merit.

I wear glasses, or I've had Lasik. Can I apply?

Yes, for the ticketing posts. B-2 allows glasses up to 4D and Lasik.

Can I apply to more than one RRB?

No. All your applications would be rejected and you could be debarred.

Will I be posted near home?

Not necessarily. You're allotted on options, merit and vacancies, and transfers aren't registered for at least 5 to 10 years.

Will I become a TTE after joining?

Promotion is up to the Railway Administration's own rules, which the CEN doesn't cover. The entry point is one of the two ticketing posts.