This paper presents the application of multicriteria optimization procedure in choosing the most favourable variant solutions of the route for the requirements of the General project of reconstruction and modernization of Belgrade–Niš railway line, at the Stalać (Ćićevac)–Djunis section – in other words, the method of multicriteria compromise ranking of variant solutions, with the following basic activities: variant solutions have been defined, the evaluation of variant solutions made and the decision reached on the most favourable solution.

variant solutions, ranking, multicriteria optimization, optimum solution, compromise ranking