diff --git a/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/network/DisallowedNextLinksTest.java b/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/network/DisallowedNextLinksTest.java
index c24da12bf26..274f82c1dca 100644
--- a/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/network/DisallowedNextLinksTest.java
+++ b/matsim/src/test/java/org/matsim/core/network/DisallowedNextLinksTest.java
@@ -1,13 +1,26 @@
 package org.matsim.core.network;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Coord;
 import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Id;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Link;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Network;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.network.Node;
+import org.matsim.core.network.io.MatsimNetworkReader;
+import org.matsim.core.network.io.NetworkWriter;
 
 public class DisallowedNextLinksTest {
 
+	@Rule
+	public TemporaryFolder tempFolder = new TemporaryFolder();
+
 	@Test
 	public void testSerialization() {
 
@@ -29,4 +42,30 @@ public void testSerialization() {
 				dns1.getDisallowedLinkSequences("car").get(0).get(0));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testNetworkWriting() throws IOException {
+
+		Network n = NetworkUtils.createNetwork();
+		Node n0 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddNode(n, Id.createNodeId("0"), new Coord(0, 0));
+		Node n1 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddNode(n, Id.createNodeId("1"), new Coord(1, 0));
+		Node n2 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddNode(n, Id.createNodeId("2"), new Coord(2, -1));
+		Node n3 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddNode(n, Id.createNodeId("3"), new Coord(2, 1));
+		Node n4 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddNode(n, Id.createNodeId("4"), new Coord(3, 0));
+		Link l0 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddLink(n, Id.createLinkId("0"), n0, n1, Math.sqrt(2), 30 / 3.6, 900, 1);
+		Link l1 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddLink(n, Id.createLinkId("1"), n1, n2, Math.sqrt(2), 30 / 3.6, 900, 1);
+		Link l2 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddLink(n, Id.createLinkId("2"), n1, n3, Math.sqrt(2), 30 / 3.6, 900, 1);
+		Link l3 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddLink(n, Id.createLinkId("3"), n2, n4, Math.sqrt(2), 30 / 3.6, 900, 1);
+		Link l4 = NetworkUtils.createAndAddLink(n, Id.createLinkId("4"), n3, n4, Math.sqrt(2), 30 / 3.6, 900, 1);
+
+		DisallowedNextLinks dnl = NetworkUtils.getOrCreateDisallowedNextLinks(l1);
+		dnl.addDisallowedLinkSequence("car", List.of(l1.getId()));
+
+		File tempFile = tempFolder.newFile("network.xml");
+		new NetworkWriter(n).write(tempFile.toString());
+		Network network = NetworkUtils.createNetwork();
+		new MatsimNetworkReader(network).readFile(tempFile.toString());
+
+		Assert.assertEquals(dnl, NetworkUtils.getDisallowedNextLinks(network.getLinks().get(l1.getId())));
+	}
+
 }