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Recruitment of Ticket Collector in Indian Railways

Indian Railway is the fourth largest rail network in the world. It recruits different classes of employees every year to run smoothly, and Ticket Collector (TC) is one of them. The Railways recruit thousands of ticket collectors every year through the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB). The role of the ticket collector is on the front end and is regarded as very crucial. Their responsibility includes to find out whether all travelers are traveling with a ticket and recover the fine from those passengers who are traveling without ticket.

There are about 18 lakh passengers in a year who travel from one place to another with the help of Indian Railway Trains. But, even if 10% of the people travel without tickets, it is a huge loss to the public treasury. Hence, the TC is given the task to stop rigging. The Highest promotion of a Ticket Collector is that of a Chief Ticket Inspector.

Job Description of a Ticket Collector

The Ticket Collector of Indian Railways comes under the front line staff whose responsibility includes directly dealing with the passengers. The major responsibilities includes:

1. To ensure that the passengers are traveling with a reserved ticket.
2. Recover the fine from passengers traveling without tickets.
3. Required Guidance to the passengers in case of any ambiguity.
4. They also check the platform tickets at the station.
5. Any other task as prescribed during the course of duty.
6. The charge of reserved coaches.

Ticket Collector Pay Scale

The Pay scale of the ticket collector is between Rs. 15600 - Rs. 60600 Rs. 5700 Grade pay as per 7th CPC. Other than the salary, a ticket collector can also avail the following benefits:

• Gratuity at the time of retirement
• Free/Discounted railway travel for employee and their dependents
• Pension after retirement to employee and after employee to dependent
• Official Quarter to stay
• All medical expenses of the employee and their dependents
  

Eligibility Criteria: Ticket Collector Recruitment

Educational Qualification

1. Candidates are required to score a minimum of 50% marks in their class 12 final examination from a recognized Board or institution.
2. Candidates who have done diploma course after class 10 are also eligible to apply.
3. Graduate candidates are also eligible to apply

Age Limit

The age of the candidate should be between 18-30 years of age as on 1st Jan of the year of applying. However, there is an age relaxation for candidates belonging to SC/ST and OBC as per Govt. of India norms.

Nationality

Only Indian citizens are eligible to apply for Ticket Collectors in Indian Railways.

Exam Pattern for the recruitment of Ticket Collector

The exam for the recruitment of Ticket Collector is done with the help of 21 Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), located at various parts of the Country. Candidates are required to answer a total of 120 questions in a time duration of 90 minutes. The marks are divided into the following pattern:

Subject: General Awareness
No. of Questions: 25
Marks: 25

Subject: General Intelligence
No. of Questions: 5
Marks: 5

Subject: Arithmetic
No. of Questions: 20
Marks: 20

Subject: General Science
No. of Questions: 30
Marks: 30

Subject: Reasoning
No. of Questions: 10
Marks: 10

Subject: Technical Subject
No. of Questions: 30
Marks: 30

Selection Process for Ticket Collectors

The selection process for the recruitment of Ticket Collector (TC) in Indian Railways includes the following stages:

1. Computer Based Test (CBT)
2. Personal interview
3. Medical Test
4. Document Verification