diff --git a/contribs/freight/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/freight/carrier/CarrierEventsReadersTest.java b/contribs/freight/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/freight/carrier/CarrierEventsReadersTest.java
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-package org.matsim.contrib.freight.carrier;
-
-import org.junit.Rule;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.matsim.contrib.freight.events.CarrierEventsReaders;
-import org.matsim.core.api.experimental.events.EventsManager;
-import org.matsim.core.events.EventsUtils;
-import org.matsim.core.events.MatsimEventsReader;
-import org.matsim.testcases.MatsimTestUtils;
-import org.matsim.testcases.utils.EventsCollector;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-public class CarrierEventsReadersTest {
-
-	@Rule
-	public final MatsimTestUtils utils = new MatsimTestUtils();
-
-	@Test
-	public void testWriteReadServiceBasedEvents() {
-		EventsManager eventsManager = EventsUtils.createEventsManager();
-		EventsCollector collector = new EventsCollector();
-		MatsimEventsReader carrierEventsReaders = CarrierEventsReaders.createEventsReader(eventsManager);
-
-		eventsManager.addHandler(collector);
-		eventsManager.initProcessing();
-		carrierEventsReaders.readFile(utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "serviceBasedEventsFile.xml");
-		eventsManager.finishProcessing();
-
-		assertEquals("number of events should be same", collector.getEvents().size(), collector.getEvents().size());
-		MatsimTestUtils.assertEqualEventsFiles(utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "serviceBasedEventsFile.xml", utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "serviceBasedEventsFileWritten.xml");
-		MatsimTestUtils.assertEqualFilesLineByLine(utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "serviceBasedEventsFile.xml", utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "serviceBasedEventsFileWritten.xml");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testWriteReadShipmentBasedEvents() {
-		EventsManager eventsManager = EventsUtils.createEventsManager();
-		EventsCollector collector = new EventsCollector();
-		MatsimEventsReader carrierEventsReaders = CarrierEventsReaders.createEventsReader(eventsManager);
-
-		eventsManager.addHandler(collector);
-		eventsManager.initProcessing();
-		carrierEventsReaders.readFile(utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "shipmentBasedEventsFile.xml");
-		eventsManager.finishProcessing();
-
-		assertEquals("number of events should be same", collector.getEvents().size(), collector.getEvents().size());
-		MatsimTestUtils.assertEqualEventsFiles(utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "shipmentBasedEventsFile.xml", utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "shipmentBasedEventsFileWritten.xml");
-		MatsimTestUtils.assertEqualFilesLineByLine(utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "shipmentBasedEventsFile.xml", utils.getClassInputDirectory() + "shipmentBasedEventsFileWritten.xml");
-	}
-
-
-}