diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/InputData/IInputDataProvider.cs b/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/InputData/IInputDataProvider.cs
index 93ecf752d99bd5bce13efa4947ee231e7c28d936..078d00578c1059fc2d6141271ba6594a84b61404 100644
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/InputData/IInputDataProvider.cs
+++ b/VectoCommon/VectoCommon/InputData/IInputDataProvider.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 *   Martin Rexeis, rexeis@ivt.tugraz.at, IVT, Graz University of Technology
 */
 
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Models;
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Utils;
@@ -84,4 +86,11 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData
 		IVehicleDeclarationInputData CompletedVehicle { get; }
 	}
 
+
+	public interface IMultistageBusInputDataProvider : IInputDataProvider
+	{
+		IPrimaryVehicleInformationInputDataProvider PrimaryVehicle { get; }
+
+		IList<IManufacturingStageInputData> ManufacturingStage { get; }
+	}
 }
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/IXMLDeclarationInputDataReader.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/IXMLDeclarationInputDataReader.cs
index 44b0aeeebcb2129dc55f6a8ffd8ba8ca64cb32a8..d53ebe35137ded0c71bb338caefa0c5c8ea39031 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/IXMLDeclarationInputDataReader.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/IXMLDeclarationInputDataReader.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Xml;
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData;
 
@@ -16,4 +17,9 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.InputData.FileIO.XML.Declaration
 
 		IApplicationInformation ApplicationInformation { get; }
 	}
+
+	public interface IXMLDeclarationMultistageVehicleBusInputDataReader : IXMLDeclarationPrimaryVehicleBusInputDataReader
+	{
+		IList<IManufacturingStageInputData> ManufacturingStageInputData { get; }
+	}
 }
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/Interfaces/IXMLDeclarationInputData.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/Interfaces/IXMLDeclarationInputData.cs
index be78f071e6b119b403e2e5a91c5b060a979654de..78607f20cad8e9d4b82c91e3bee1332d67b4825d 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/Interfaces/IXMLDeclarationInputData.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCore/InputData/FileIO/XML/Declaration/Interfaces/IXMLDeclarationInputData.cs
@@ -18,4 +18,10 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.InputData.FileIO.XML.Declaration.Interfaces
 
 		XmlNode ApplicationInformationNode { get; }
 	}
+
+	public interface IXMLMultistageVehicleBusInputData : IMultistageBusInputDataProvider, IXMLResource
+	{
+		IXMLPrimaryVehicleBusInputData PrimaryVehicleInputData { get; }
+		IXMLDeclarationMultistageVehicleBusInputDataReader MultistageVehicleInputData { get; }
+	}
 }
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/VectoCoreTest.csproj b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/VectoCoreTest.csproj
index 1e2a02f6e15b4bff4b7fb471c537bebd79005e4b..3d826534af2baf37f880d92fbe684f5c6d514e88 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/VectoCoreTest.csproj
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/VectoCoreTest.csproj
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@
     <Compile Include="XML\XMLDeclarationReaderVersionsTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XML\XMLEngineeringInputRefTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XML\XMLEngineeringInputSingleTest.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="XML\XMLMultistageBusInputTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="XML\XMLMultistageBusDataTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="XML\XMLMultistageBusInputDataTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XML\XMLPrimaryBusInputDataTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XML\XMLReportTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="XML\XMLPrimaryVehicleReportBusReaderTest.cs" />
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/XML/XMLMultistageBusDataTest.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/XML/XMLMultistageBusDataTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..446c3d874c04a3b1ee0f12e008a624f52e47664f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/XML/XMLMultistageBusDataTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml;
+using Ninject;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData;
+using TUGraz.VectoCore.InputData.FileIO.XML;
+
+namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.Tests.XML
+{
+	public class XMLMultistageBusDataTest
+	{
+		protected IXMLInputDataReader xmlInputReader;
+		private IKernel _kernel;
+
+		const string VIF =
+			@"TestData\XML\XMLReaderDeclaration\SchemaVersionMultistage.0.1\vecto_multistage_primary_vehicle_stage_2_full.xml";
+
+		[OneTimeSetUp]
+		public void RunBeforeAnyTests()
+		{
+			Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(TestContext.CurrentContext.TestDirectory);
+
+			_kernel = new StandardKernel(new VectoNinjectModule());
+			xmlInputReader = _kernel.Get<IXMLInputDataReader>();
+		}
+
+
+		[TestCase]
+		public void TestVehicleMultistageBustInput()
+		{
+			var reader = XmlReader.Create(VIF);
+			var inputDataProvider = xmlInputReader.Create(reader) as IMultistageBusInputDataProvider;
+			var vehicle = inputDataProvider.PrimaryVehicle.ApplicationInformation;
+
+
+		}
+	}
+}