UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT October 10, 2012

(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) October 4, 2012

BOARDWALK PIPELINE PARTNERS, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800

Houston, Texas 77046

(Address of principal executive office)

(866) 913-2122

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On October 4, 2012, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters set forth in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”) with respect to the issue and sale by the Partnership, and the purchase by the Underwriters, of 10,000,000 common units (the “Firm Units”) (including an option to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional common units to cover over-allotments) representing limited partner interests in the Partnership. The Underwriters are offering the Offered Units at an initial offering price to the public of $26.99 per unit (the “Offering”). The Offered Units to be issued pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-166373). On October 8, 2012, the Underwriters notified the Partnership of their exercise of their option to purchase an additional 1,185,218 Common Units (the “Option Units” and, together with the Firm Units, the “Offered Units”).

The Partnership expects the transaction to close on October 10, 2012. The Partnership will receive net proceeds after offering expenses from the Offered Units of approximately $297.6 million, including the general partner’s proportionate capital contribution of $6.2 million to maintain its 2% general partner interest. The Partnership expects to use the net proceeds from the Offering, together with amounts to be contributed by its general partner to maintain its 2% general partner interest, to repay borrowings outstanding under the Partnership’s credit facility, but it may use some or all of the proceeds for other general partnership purposes, which may include acquiring additional equity interests in Boardwalk Acquisition Company, LLC (the “Joint Venture”), a joint venture between the Partnership and Boardwalk Pipelines Holding Corp., an affiliate of the Partnership’s general partner.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Partnership and certain affiliates, and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights, obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

Certain of the Underwriters and their respective affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in various financial advisory, investment banking and commercial banking services in the ordinary course of their business for which they have received, and expect to receive, customary fees and expense reimbursement. Affiliates of certain of the Underwriters are lenders under the Partnership’s credit facility. Affiliates of Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are lenders under the Joint Venture’s term loan agreement.

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

(d) Exhibits:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: October 10, 2012

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