Tourist assets of the cross-border railway line Brest-Włodawa-Chełm

The article is to show tourist assets of the cross-border railway line Brest-Chełm, which is disrupted by a state border and the lack of a bridge on the Bug River barring access to Brest-Włodawa line section on the Belarus side and to Włodawa-Chełm section on the Polish side. The locally operating sections, built in the eighties of the twentieth century, of the strategic railway linking the Warsaw-Terespol line with the Vistula River Railroad (Nadwiślańska) have a great potential for the develop¬ment of railway tourism. The line runs along prized nature areas of the macro-regions West Polesie and Wołyńskie Polesie. Sundry landscapes of the border countryside and their biological diversity are decisive in enjoying the highly valued scenery along the line on the Polish side. The attractiveness of the Belarus side – in practice accessible to foreigners following the intro¬duction of the tourist and recreation zone ‘Brest’ in 2018 – is usually associated with the uncommon rules of travelling by train in the Belarus cross-border region. Both fragments of the line Brest-Chełm lead to and run through interesting tourist localities and cross-border culture sites. The article also touches on the present restrictions for railway tourism along this route, and the chances of reviving regular traffic in the Polish section in view of the governmental programme Kolej+.