diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/VehicleRoutingProblem.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/VehicleRoutingProblem.java
index 845a7e2a..0e9c6f6d 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/VehicleRoutingProblem.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/problem/VehicleRoutingProblem.java
@@ -288,25 +288,43 @@ public class VehicleRoutingProblem {
 		}
 
 
-		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+
         public Builder addInitialVehicleRoute(VehicleRoute route){
-			addVehicle(route.getVehicle());
-			for(Job job : route.getTourActivities().getJobs()){
-				jobsInInitialRoutes.add(job.getId());
-				if(job instanceof Service) {
-					tentative_coordinates.put(((Service)job).getLocationId(), ((Service)job).getCoord());
-				}
-				if(job instanceof Shipment){
-					Shipment shipment = (Shipment)job;
-					tentative_coordinates.put(shipment.getPickupLocation(), shipment.getPickupCoord());
-					tentative_coordinates.put(shipment.getDeliveryLocation(), shipment.getDeliveryCoord());
-				}
-			}
+			addVehicle((AbstractVehicle)route.getVehicle());
+            for(TourActivity act : route.getActivities()){
+                AbstractActivity abstractAct = (AbstractActivity) act;
+                abstractAct.setIndex(activityIndexCounter);
+                incActivityIndexCounter();
+                if(act instanceof TourActivity.JobActivity) {
+                    Job job = ((TourActivity.JobActivity) act).getJob();
+                    jobsInInitialRoutes.add(job.getId());
+                    registerLocation(job);
+                    registerJobAndActivity(abstractAct, job);
+                }
+            }
 			initialRoutes.add(route);
 			return this;
 		}
-		
-		public Builder addInitialVehicleRoutes(Collection<VehicleRoute> routes){
+
+        private void registerLocation(Job job) {
+            if (job instanceof Service) tentative_coordinates.put(((Service) job).getLocationId(), ((Service) job).getCoord());
+            if (job instanceof Shipment) {
+                Shipment shipment = (Shipment) job;
+                tentative_coordinates.put(shipment.getPickupLocation(), shipment.getPickupCoord());
+                tentative_coordinates.put(shipment.getDeliveryLocation(), shipment.getDeliveryCoord());
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void registerJobAndActivity(AbstractActivity abstractAct, Job job) {
+            if(activityMap.containsKey(job)) activityMap.get(job).add(abstractAct);
+            else{
+                List<AbstractActivity> actList = new ArrayList<AbstractActivity>();
+                actList.add(abstractAct);
+                activityMap.put(job,actList);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Builder addInitialVehicleRoutes(Collection<VehicleRoute> routes){
 			for(VehicleRoute r : routes){
 				addInitialVehicleRoute(r);
 			}
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/test/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/InitialRoutesTest.java b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/InitialRoutesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d4bdabe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/InitialRoutesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package jsprit.core.algorithm;
+
+
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.box.SchrimpfFactory;
+import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
+import jsprit.core.problem.io.VrpXMLReader;
+import jsprit.core.problem.solution.VehicleRoutingProblemSolution;
+import jsprit.core.problem.solution.route.VehicleRoute;
+import jsprit.core.problem.solution.route.activity.TourActivity;
+import jsprit.core.reporting.SolutionPrinter;
+import jsprit.core.util.Solutions;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class InitialRoutesTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenReading_thereShouldBeNoDuplicates(){
+
+        VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+        new VrpXMLReader(vrpBuilder).read("src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml");
+        VehicleRoutingProblem vrp = vrpBuilder.build();
+
+        assertEquals(1,vrp.getJobs().size());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSolving_nuJobsShouldBe2(){
+
+        VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+        new VrpXMLReader(vrpBuilder).read("src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml");
+        VehicleRoutingProblem vrp = vrpBuilder.build();
+
+        VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = new SchrimpfFactory().createAlgorithm(vrp);
+        Collection<VehicleRoutingProblemSolution> solutions = vra.searchSolutions();
+        VehicleRoutingProblemSolution solution = Solutions.bestOf(solutions);
+
+        SolutionPrinter.print(vrp,solution, SolutionPrinter.Print.VERBOSE);
+
+        assertEquals(2,solution.getRoutes().iterator().next().getTourActivities().getJobs().size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSolving_nuActsShouldBe2(){
+
+        VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+        new VrpXMLReader(vrpBuilder).read("src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml");
+        VehicleRoutingProblem vrp = vrpBuilder.build();
+
+        VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = new SchrimpfFactory().createAlgorithm(vrp);
+        Collection<VehicleRoutingProblemSolution> solutions = vra.searchSolutions();
+        VehicleRoutingProblemSolution solution = Solutions.bestOf(solutions);
+
+        SolutionPrinter.print(vrp,solution, SolutionPrinter.Print.VERBOSE);
+
+        assertEquals(2, solution.getRoutes().iterator().next().getActivities().size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSolving_deliverService1_shouldBeInRoute(){
+
+        VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+        new VrpXMLReader(vrpBuilder).read("src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml");
+        VehicleRoutingProblem vrp = vrpBuilder.build();
+
+        VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = new SchrimpfFactory().createAlgorithm(vrp);
+        Collection<VehicleRoutingProblemSolution> solutions = vra.searchSolutions();
+        VehicleRoutingProblemSolution solution = Solutions.bestOf(solutions);
+
+        assertTrue(hasActivityIn(solution.getRoutes().iterator().next(),"1"));
+    }
+
+    private boolean hasActivityIn(VehicleRoute route, String jobId){
+        boolean isInRoute = false;
+        for(TourActivity act : route.getActivities()){
+            if(act instanceof TourActivity.JobActivity){
+                if(((TourActivity.JobActivity) act).getJob().getId().equals(jobId)) isInRoute = true;
+            }
+        }
+        return isInRoute;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSolving_deliverService2_shouldBeInRoute(){
+
+        VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder vrpBuilder = VehicleRoutingProblem.Builder.newInstance();
+        new VrpXMLReader(vrpBuilder).read("src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml");
+        VehicleRoutingProblem vrp = vrpBuilder.build();
+
+        VehicleRoutingAlgorithm vra = new SchrimpfFactory().createAlgorithm(vrp);
+        Collection<VehicleRoutingProblemSolution> solutions = vra.searchSolutions();
+        VehicleRoutingProblemSolution solution = Solutions.bestOf(solutions);
+
+        assertTrue(hasActivityIn(solution.getRoutes().iterator().next(),"2"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml b/jsprit-core/src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1db2a906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/test/resources/simpleProblem_iniRoutes.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<problem xmlns="http://www.w3schools.com"
+     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3schools.com vrp_xml_schema.xsd">
+     <problemType>
+          <fleetSize>FINITE</fleetSize>
+          <fleetComposition>HOMOGENEOUS</fleetComposition>
+     </problemType>
+     <vehicles>
+          <vehicle>
+               <id>veh1</id>
+               <typeId>type1</typeId>
+               <startLocation>
+                    <id>[x=0.0][y=0.0]</id>
+                    <coord x="0.0" y="0.0"/>
+               </startLocation>
+               <endLocation>
+                    <id>[x=0.0][y=0.0]</id>
+                    <coord x="0.0" y="0.0"/>
+               </endLocation>
+               <timeSchedule>
+                    <start>0.0</start>
+                    <end>46800.0</end>
+               </timeSchedule>
+               <returnToDepot>true</returnToDepot>
+          </vehicle>
+          <vehicle>
+               <id>2</id>
+               <typeId>type1</typeId>
+               <startLocation>
+                    <id>[x=0.0][y=0.0]</id>
+                    <coord x="0.0" y="0.0"/>
+               </startLocation>
+               <endLocation>
+                    <id>[x=0.0][y=0.0]</id>
+                    <coord x="0.0" y="0.0"/>
+               </endLocation>
+               <timeSchedule>
+                    <start>0.0</start>
+                    <end>64800.0</end>
+               </timeSchedule>
+               <returnToDepot>true</returnToDepot>
+          </vehicle>
+     </vehicles>
+     <vehicleTypes>
+          <type>
+               <id>type1</id>
+               <capacity-dimensions>
+                    <dimension index="0">0</dimension>
+               </capacity-dimensions>
+               <costs>
+                    <fixed>0.0</fixed>
+                    <distance>1.0</distance>
+                    <time>0.0</time>
+               </costs>
+          </type>
+     </vehicleTypes>
+     <services>
+          <service id="2" type="service">
+               <locationId>loc_s2</locationId>
+               <coord x="1000.0" y="0.0"/>
+               <capacity-dimensions>
+                    <dimension index="0">0</dimension>
+               </capacity-dimensions>
+               <duration>0.0</duration>
+          </service>
+          <service id="1" type="service">
+               <locationId>loc_s3</locationId>
+               <coord x="1000.0" y="1000.0"/>
+               <capacity-dimensions>
+                    <dimension index="0">0</dimension>
+               </capacity-dimensions>
+               <duration>0.0</duration>
+          </service>
+     </services>
+    <initialRoutes>
+        <route>
+            <driverId>noDriver</driverId>
+            <vehicleId>veh1</vehicleId>
+            <start>0.</start>
+            <act type="deliverService">
+                <serviceId>1</serviceId>
+            </act>
+            <end/>
+        </route>
+
+    </initialRoutes>
+</problem>