Joychandi Pahar Junction জয়চন্ডী পাহাড় জংশন
Indian Railways station
New building of the Joychandi Pahar station
General information
Location	Adra circle, Joychandi Pahar-Adra road, Raghunathpur I, Purulia district, West Bengal  India
Coordinates	23°31′00″N 86°40′51″E / 23.5168°N 86.6809°E / 23.5168; 86.6809
Elevation	155 metres (509 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South Eastern Railways
Line(s)	Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
Platforms	3
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	At Ground
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	JOC
Zone(s)	South Eastern Railway zone
Division(s)	Adra
History
Opened	1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Electrified	1957–62
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Location
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v t e Adra–Asansol line
Legend
km   Bardhaman–Asansol section 0 Asansol 5 Burnpur to Barachak IISCO Burnpur sidings Kalipahari freight bypass 9 Damodar Radhanagar colliery siding to Sitarampur (planned) IISCO Damodar yard Damodar River ACC cement factory siding 14 Madhukunda 21 Muradi Parbelia colliery siding Chaurashi Goods siding 26 Ramkanali 31 Bero RTPP sidings 37 Joychandi Pahar Adra–Gomoh line Asansol–Tatanagar line 41 Adra Adra–Kharagpur line km Source: Indian Railway Time Table

Joychandi Pahar Junction railway station (station code: JOC) serves Adra town and Raghunathpur in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was named after the hill called Joychandi Pahar which is located between these two towns. Joychandipahar rail station is situated on the Asansol–Purulia–Sini main line section. In the year of 2014 it was redeveloped and made as an alternative station of Adra Junction to decongest Adra station from a huge passenger and freight traffic.

History

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.^[1] The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.^[2] Later it was modified as the bypass rail station of Adra Junction to decongest Adra station .

Electrification

The Tatanagar–Adra–Asansol section was electrified in the 1957–1962 period.^[3]

New station building

A new station building at Joychandi Pahar railway station was inaugurated on 4 February 2013 by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Union minister of state for Railways.^[4]