RRB JE Cut Off 2026: Quick Answer
There is no RRB JE cut off 2026 yet, because the live cycle has not finished its exams. The live cycle is CEN 04/2026, for 4,487 Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant posts (raised from 4,029 by Amendment/Corrigendum No. 2 dated 4 November 2026, which added 458 posts). Its CBT-1 was held on 27 and 28 October 2026, with four postponed Andhra Pradesh centres rescheduled to 2 November 2026, and its CBT-2 date is yet to be announced. Cut-off marks are published with the results, so the first CEN 04/2026 cut-off will appear only when the CBT-1 result is declared. As of 1 November 2026, no CBT-1 result or cut-off has been published for this cycle. This page gives you the previous cycles' marks, the qualifying minimums that never change, the expected range for this cycle labelled clearly as expected, and exactly where to find your zone's official cut-off PDF when it appears. Do not trust any page that gives you a "CEN 04/2026 cut off" today: it is either last cycle's figures relabelled or a guess.
Do Not Mix Up RRB JE and SSC JE
Two different "JE 2026" exams are running at the same time, and several preparation sites mix their dates and vacancies together. Keep them separate:
| RRB JE (this page) | SSC JE (different exam) | |
|---|---|---|
| Conducted by | Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) | Staff Selection Commission (SSC) |
| Live cycle | CEN 04/2026, 4,487 posts | SSC JE 2026, 1,748 posts notified, reduced to 1,699 in the tentative vacancy list of October 2026 |
| First stage | CBT-1, 27–28 October 2026 (4 centres: 2 November 2026) | Paper-I, 2–6 November 2026 |
| Second stage | CBT-2, date to be announced | Paper-II, December 2026 as reported |
The vacancy figures 1,748 and 1,699 belong to SSC JE, not to RRB JE. If you see them on an RRB JE page, that page has confused the two exams. The rest of this page is about RRB JE only.
RRB JE Cycles: Which Cut Off Belongs to Which Cycle
| Cycle | Posts | CBT-1 | CBT-2 | Cut-off status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEN 03/2024 | 7,951 as reported | Held in 2024–25 | Held in 2025 | Published with results; the last fully-published cycle |
| CEN 05/2025 | 2,569 notified (Corrigendum No. 1 modified RRB Chennai and RRB Jammu-Srinagar vacancies) | 19, 20 and 25 February 2026 | 2 July 2026; result declared 16 September 2026 | Published with results, per post-category in zone PDFs |
| CEN 04/2026 (live) | 4,487 after Amendment/Corrigendum No. 2 (4 November 2026), which revised JE/P. Way (Category 17) to 660 and JE/S&T/Signal (Category 35) to 148 across the listed RRBs; the Corrigendum-1 split (JE 3,670, DMS 324, CMA 35 = 4,029) is superseded as a total | 27–28 October 2026 (4 AP centres: 2 November 2026) | Date to be announced | Not published yet |
The site's RRB JE syllabus note still follows CEN 05/2025, the cycle that was live when it was written. For new applicants the live cycle is now CEN 04/2026. The syllabus and pattern are the same across these cycles, but the vacancy counts, dates and cut-offs belong to their own cycle and must not be carried across. The age limit is 18 to 33 years as on 1 January 2026 for CEN 05/2025, with the usual relaxations; check the CEN 04/2026 notice for its own age reference date before you assume it is the same.
RRB JE Exam Pattern and Qualifying Minimums
CBT-1 pattern
| Subject | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| General Awareness | 15 | 15 |
| General Science | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
CBT-1 runs for 90 minutes, with 1/3 mark deducted for each wrong answer. It only shortlists candidates for CBT-2; its marks do not count in the final merit. Maths and General Science together make up 60 of the 100 questions, so they decide whether you reach CBT-2.
CBT-2 pattern
CBT-2 has 150 questions for 150 marks in 120 minutes, with 1/3 mark deducted for each wrong answer. Of the 150 questions, 100 are technical questions from your engineering branch, and the remaining 50 cover general awareness, physics and chemistry, basics of computers and applications, and basics of environment and pollution control. CBT-2 marks decide the merit list, after document verification and medical examination.
Minimum qualifying marks (every cycle)
| Category | Minimum percentage in CBT-1 and CBT-2 |
|---|---|
| UR and EWS | 40% |
| OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) | 30% |
| SC | 30% |
| ST | 25% |
These minimums are eligibility floors, not cut-offs. For PwBD candidates they may be relaxed by 2 marks if there is a shortage of PwBD candidates against reserved vacancies. Clearing the minimum does not mean selection: the actual cut-off is the normalised score of the last candidate shortlisted or selected in your zone and category, and it is usually well above the minimum. The qualifying minimums above are confirmed by the site's syllabus note (citing CEN 05/2025) and convergently by Oliveboard and JagranJosh.
RRB JE Previous Cycle Cut Offs: What the Published Figures Actually Show
Why this page does not reproduce a zone-wise table
RRB JE cut-offs are published separately by each of the 21 Railway Recruitment Boards, per post-category (CAT_NO), as normalised scores with several decimal places. A single zone's PDF contains dozens of rows: one per post-category, per community, including ESM and PwBD sub-categories. The published examples illustrate the format: for RRB Chandigarh under CEN 03/2024, one post-category shows a UR normalised cut-off of 78.37 and an SC cut-off of 68.11, while another shows 81.25 for UR. For RRB Secunderabad, post-category cut-offs range from about 70 to about 83 for UR. These are normalised scores out of 100 for CBT-1, and they vary by post-category within the same zone, which is why a single "zone cut-off" number is always a simplification.
One preparation site, Oliveboard, publishes a simplified 16-zone CBT-1 table for 2024 with whole numbers (for example Ahmedabad 65, Patna 79, Thiruvananthapuram 52 for General). That table is internally consistent across Oliveboard's own pages, but no second independent source was found that reproduces the same zone-by-zone values, and the official PDFs do not publish cut-offs in that simplified form. Following the rule used on this site for the ALP cut-off page, the simplified zone table is not reproduced here, because reproducing a single-source simplification as if it were the official table would mislead candidates whose zone or post-category differs. What can be stated safely, and is stated below, is the range and the trend that multiple sources agree on, plus exactly how to read your own zone's PDF.
CBT-1: the agreeing picture (CEN 03/2024, as reported)
As reported by Oliveboard and consistent with the range described by JagranJosh, CBT-1 cut-offs for the last fully-published cycle varied roughly from the low 50s to about 79 out of 100 for General candidates depending on zone and post-category, with the highest figures in the Patna, Ranchi, Muzaffarpur and Gorakhpur zones and the lowest in Thiruvananthapuram and Bangalore. JagranJosh summarises the trend bands as UR/EWS 65–75, OBC 55–65, SC 50–60 and ST 40–50, which sits inside the Oliveboard range and reflects the same distribution. Treat both as trend guides, not as your zone's figure. Your zone's figure is in your zone's PDF, and only that PDF is authoritative for your post-category.
CBT-2: the agreeing picture (as reported)
CBT-2 cut-offs are higher in absolute terms because CBT-2 decides merit and candidates prepare specifically for it. JagranJosh summarises the previous-cycle trend bands out of 150 as UR/EWS 75–85, OBC 65–75, SC 60–70 and ST 50–60. The official CBT-2 PDFs publish cut-offs per post-category as normalised scores on a larger scale (for example, values in the 600s for some RRB Ahmedabad post-categories), which are not directly comparable with the out-of-150 raw scale. Do not compare a number from a CBT-2 PDF with a number from a trend article unless you know both are on the same scale. The trend bands above are the usable planning figures; the PDF figures are the authoritative selection figures for their own post-category.
Normalisation: why cut-offs have decimals
RRB exams run in multiple shifts, so raw scores are normalised before cut-offs are applied. The normalisation adjusts for differences in shift difficulty, which is why official cut-offs appear with decimals (78.37082, for example) rather than round numbers. Two candidates with the same raw score in different shifts can receive different normalised scores. Never compare your raw mock score directly with a published normalised cut-off; compare your percentile in a large mock, and treat the published cut-off as the normalised level to aim above.
RRB JE Expected Cut Off for CEN 04/2026 (Expected Only)
The following ranges are expected, not official. They are planning guides built from the previous-cycle trend bands, adjusted for the one big change in this cycle: vacancies fell from 7,951 in CEN 03/2024 to 4,487 in CEN 04/2026 (4,029 before Amendment/Corrigendum No. 2 of 4 November 2026 added 458 posts), about 44% fewer, while the number of applicants for railway engineering posts does not fall by anything like that much. Fewer vacancies per applicant normally pushes cut-offs up.
| Stage | Category | Expected range (planning guide only) |
|---|---|---|
| CBT-1 (out of 100) | UR / EWS | 68–78 |
| CBT-1 (out of 100) | OBC-NCL | 58–68 |
| CBT-1 (out of 100) | SC | 52–62 |
| CBT-1 (out of 100) | ST | 42–52 |
| CBT-2 (out of 150) | UR / EWS | 78–88 |
| CBT-2 (out of 150) | OBC-NCL | 68–78 |
| CBT-2 (out of 150) | SC | 62–72 |
| CBT-2 (out of 150) | ST | 52–62 |
These ranges assume a paper of similar difficulty to the last cycle. An easier paper moves every band up; a harder paper moves them down. Zones with historically high cut-offs (Patna, Ranchi, Muzaffarpur, Gorakhpur, Guwahati) will sit at the top of these ranges or above them, and zones with historically lower cut-offs (Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, Chennai) at the bottom. Aim for the top of your category's band in CBT-1, because CBT-1 only shortlists: a score that merely clears the minimum can still miss shortlisting. When the CBT-1 result is declared, this page should be updated from the zone PDFs, and the expected ranges above should be replaced, not kept alongside the real figures.
How to Find Your Zone's Official Cut-Off PDF
- Identify the RRB you applied to. You can apply to only one RRB, and only that RRB's cut-off applies to you.
- Go to that RRB's official website (for example rrbcdg.gov.in for Chandigarh, rrbchennai.gov.in for Chennai) or to rrbapply.gov.in, and open the CEN 04/2026 results section when the result is declared.
- Download the result PDF for your RRB. The cut-off table is published with the result, headed "Normalized Cut off Marks" for the various categories of posts.
- Find your post-category number (CAT_NO) in the table. The CAT_NO identifies your exact post and railway or production unit; the same zone publishes different cut-offs for different CAT_NOs.
- Read across your row to your community column (UR, SC, ST, OBC-NCL, EWS, and the ESM and PwBD sub-columns where applicable). That number, on the normalised scale the PDF uses, is your cut-off.
- If the PDF will not open from your connection, check the same RRB's notice board a day later rather than trusting a screenshot on social media; screenshots of cut-off tables are routinely cropped, mislabelled by cycle, or taken from another zone.
Keep your application details ready when results are declared: the result PDFs are organised by roll number, and the cut-off table is a separate document from the list of shortlisted candidates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the RRB JE cut off 2026?
There is none yet. The live cycle, CEN 04/2026, held CBT-1 on 27–28 October 2026 (with 2 November 2026 for four rescheduled centres) and has not declared its CBT-1 result. The first CEN 04/2026 cut-off will be published with that result. The expected ranges on this page are planning guides only.
What was the RRB JE cut off for the previous cycle?
Cut-offs for CEN 03/2024 and CEN 05/2025 were published per zone and per post-category as normalised scores in the regional RRBs' result PDFs. Trend bands are given above; zone-by-zone simplified tables from single sources are deliberately not reproduced here, because the official PDFs are the only authoritative source and they vary by post-category within a zone.
What are the minimum qualifying marks for RRB JE?
40% for UR and EWS, 30% for OBC-NCL and SC, and 25% for ST, in both CBT-1 and CBT-2, with a possible 2-mark relaxation for PwBD candidates in case of shortage. These are floors, not cut-offs; actual cut-offs run well above them.
Does CBT-1 marks count in the final merit?
No. CBT-1 only shortlists candidates for CBT-2. Final merit is based on CBT-2 marks, followed by document verification and medical examination.
Is the RRB JE cut off the same for all zones?
No. Each RRB publishes its own cut-offs, and they differ by zone, post-category and community, because vacancies and applicant numbers differ by zone. Always use your own RRB's PDF.
Is SSC JE the same as RRB JE?
No. SSC JE is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (Paper-I 2–6 November 2026, 1,748 posts notified, reduced to 1,699 tentatively). RRB JE is conducted by the Railway Recruitment Boards (CEN 04/2026, 4,487 posts). The two exams have different syllabuses, patterns and cut-offs.
Related Notes and Mock Tests
Related notes: RRB JE syllabus 2026, RRB NTPC cut off, RRB Group D cut off, RRB ALP syllabus 2026.
Related mock tests: RRB JE Maths Mock Test 01, RRB JE Reasoning Mini Mock Test 01, RRB JE Mensuration Mock Test 01.
Sources: RRB JE syllabus note on this site (CEN 05/2025 pattern, qualifying marks, 2,569 notified vacancies, Corrigendum No. 1); Oliveboard RRB JE previous-year cut-off and cut-off analysis pages (CEN 03/2024 zone range and qualifying marks); JagranJosh RRB JE previous-year cut-off and CBT-2 cut-off pages (trend bands, CEN 03/2024 7,951 vacancies); RRB Chandigarh, Secunderabad and Kolkata CEN 03/2024 cut-off PDFs as mirrored (normalised per-CAT_NO format); AglaSem and Made Easy RRB JE 2026 pages and the RRB rescheduling notice as reported (CEN 04/2026, 4,487 vacancies after Amendment/Corrigendum No. 2 of 4 November 2026, CBT-1 27–28 October and 2 November 2026, CEN 05/2025 CBT-2 result 16 September 2026); PW.live, Testbook and govtjobsalert.in on Amendment/Corrigendum No. 2 (4,029 to 4,487, +458 posts, JE/P. Way Category 17 to 660 and JE/S&T/Signal Category 35 to 148); Bharat Ki Awaaz and SarkariResult for the SSC JE distinction (1,748 to 1,699 tentative vacancies, Paper-I 2–6 November 2026). No RRB cut-off PDF was read directly for this note; zone-level figures are therefore given as trend bands, not reproduced tables. Last checked 1 November 2026.