diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpXMLWriter.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpXMLWriter.java
index cf6b04b5..4bbce211 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpXMLWriter.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/problem/io/VrpXMLWriter.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.solution.route.activity.TourActivity;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.Vehicle;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.vehicle.VehicleType;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.util.Solutions;
+import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.util.VehicleIndexComparator;
+
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
 import org.apache.xml.serialize.OutputFormat;
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 
@@ -188,7 +191,9 @@ public class VrpXMLWriter {
         for (VehicleRoutingProblemSolution solution : solutions) {
             xmlConfig.setProperty(solutionPath + "(" + counter + ").cost", solution.getCost());
             int routeCounter = 0;
-            for (VehicleRoute route : solution.getRoutes()) {
+            List<VehicleRoute> list = new ArrayList<VehicleRoute>(solution.getRoutes());
+            Collections.sort(list , new VehicleIndexComparator());
+            for (VehicleRoute route : list) {
 //				xmlConfig.setProperty(solutionPath + "(" + counter + ").routes.route(" + routeCounter + ").cost", route.getCost());
                 xmlConfig.setProperty(solutionPath + "(" + counter + ").routes.route(" + routeCounter + ").driverId", route.getDriver().getId());
                 xmlConfig.setProperty(solutionPath + "(" + counter + ").routes.route(" + routeCounter + ").vehicleId", route.getVehicle().getId());
@@ -427,3 +432,4 @@ public class VrpXMLWriter {
 
 
 }
+
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/reporting/SolutionPrinter.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/reporting/SolutionPrinter.java
index 7cb4905c..c9d299a1 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/reporting/SolutionPrinter.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/reporting/SolutionPrinter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.solution.route.VehicleRoute;
 import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.solution.route.activity.TourActivity;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
 
 /**
@@ -149,7 +152,10 @@ public class SolutionPrinter {
         out.format("+---------+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+%n");
         out.printf("| route   | vehicle              | activity              | job             | arrTime         | endTime         | costs           |%n");
         int routeNu = 1;
-        for (VehicleRoute route : solution.getRoutes()) {
+
+        List<VehicleRoute> list = new ArrayList<VehicleRoute>(solution.getRoutes());
+        Collections.sort(list , new com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.util.VehicleIndexComparator());
+        for (VehicleRoute route : list) {
             out.format("+---------+----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+%n");
             double costs = 0;
             out.format(leftAlgin, routeNu, getVehicleString(route), route.getStart().getName(), "-", "undef", Math.round(route.getStart().getEndTime()),
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/util/VehicleIndexComparator.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/util/VehicleIndexComparator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dcc4261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/com/graphhopper/jsprit/core/util/VehicleIndexComparator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.util;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+import com.graphhopper.jsprit.core.problem.solution.route.VehicleRoute;
+
+public class VehicleIndexComparator implements Comparator<VehicleRoute> {
+        public int compare(VehicleRoute a, VehicleRoute b) {
+            return  a.getVehicle().getIndex() - b.getVehicle().getIndex();
+        }
+}