Bowaichandi railway station
{{Short description | Railway station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Bowaichandi railway station
| type = Indian Railway
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = Bowaichandi, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.131568|87.726505|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|38|m|ft}}
| line = Bankura–Masagram line
| other =
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 1
| tracks = 1
| entrances =
| parking = No
| bicycle =
| opened = 1916
| closed = 1995
| rebuilt = 2005
| electrified = 2018–19
| accessible =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BWCN
| zone =
| division = {{rwd|Adra}}
}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = South Eastern Railway
| status = Functioning
| former = Bankura Damodar Railway
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system = India
| map_locator =
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways|line=South Eastern Railway zone|left=Sahaspur Road|right=Guir Saranga|to-left=Bankura Junction|to-right=Masagram Junction| type=Bankura–Masagram line}}
}}
Bowaichandi railway station is a railway station of Bankura–Masagram line under the Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Bowaichandi in Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.{{Cite web|url=http://www.totaltraininfo.com/station/BWCN/|title=BCWN|access-date=25 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/indian-railway/bowaichandi-bwcn-station|title=Bowaichandi Railway Station (BWCN) : Station Code, Time Table, Map, Enquiry|publisher=NDTV|access-date=2019-06-25}}
History
Old narrow gauge Bankura–Damodar Railway (also called as Bankura Damodar River Railway) connecting Bankura and Rainagar in Bankura and Bardhaman districts was opened to traffic in sections between 1916 and 1917.{{Cite news|url=https://m.rediff.com/travel/1998/jul/03bank.htm|title=Bankura's Iron Horses|last=Aitken|first=Bill|date=3 July 1998|publisher=Rediff|access-date=7 December 2022}} In 2005, the 118 kilometers long railway section known as Bankura–Masagram line was converted to {{track gauge|1676mm}} broad gauge.{{Cite web |url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |title=Indian Railway History Time line |access-date=25 June 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085533/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} The whole track including Bowaichandi railway station was electrified in 2018–19.{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/electrification-of-masagram-bankura-stretch-to-cut-travel-time-118021100096_1.html|title=Electrification of Masagram-Bankura stretch to cut travel time|newspaper=Business Standard|agency=Press Trust of India|date=11 February 2018|access-date=7 December 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.railnews.in/electrification-of-railway-track-between-masagram-bankura-stretch-to-cut-travel-time/|title=Electrification of Railway Track|website=railnews.in|access-date=25 June 2019}}