diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
index 1cee5c9299..f5f234680e 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
  */
 
 
-export {ExtraOptions, provideRoutes, provideRouterConfig} from './src/common_router_providers';
-export {Data, ResolveData, Route, RouterConfig} from './src/config';
+export {ExtraOptions, provideRouterConfig, provideRoutes} from './src/common_router_providers';
+export {Data, ResolveData, Route, RouterConfig, Routes} from './src/config';
 export {RouterLink, RouterLinkWithHref} from './src/directives/router_link';
 export {RouterLinkActive} from './src/directives/router_link_active';
 export {RouterOutlet} from './src/directives/router_outlet';
 export {CanActivate, CanDeactivate, Resolve} from './src/interfaces';
 export {Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Router, RoutesRecognized} from './src/router';
+export {ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, RouterAppModule} from './src/router_app_module';
 export {RouterOutletMap} from './src/router_outlet_map';
 export {provideRouter} from './src/router_providers';
 export {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot} from './src/router_state';
 export {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './src/shared';
-export {RouterAppModule, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES} from './src/router_app_module';
 export {DefaultUrlSerializer, UrlPathWithParams, UrlSerializer, UrlTree} from './src/url_tree';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index 711caa9be6..3154eea0ea 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {Observer} from 'rxjs/Observer';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 import {EmptyError} from 'rxjs/util/EmptyError';
 
-import {Route, RouterConfig} from './config';
+import {Route, Routes} from './config';
 import {RouterConfigLoader} from './router_config_loader';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from './shared';
 import {UrlPathWithParams, UrlSegment, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function absoluteRedirect(newPaths: UrlPathWithParams[]): Observable<UrlSegment>
 }
 
 export function applyRedirects(
-    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, urlTree: UrlTree, config: RouterConfig): Observable<UrlTree> {
+    configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, urlTree: UrlTree, config: Routes): Observable<UrlTree> {
   return expandSegment(configLoader, config, urlTree.root, PRIMARY_OUTLET)
       .map(rootSegment => createUrlTree(urlTree, rootSegment))
       .catch(e => {
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ function matchPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
 function getChildConfig(configLoader: RouterConfigLoader, route: Route): Observable<Route[]> {
   if (route.children) {
     return of (route.children);
-  } else if (route.mountChildren) {
-    return configLoader.load(route.mountChildren).map(r => {
+  } else if (route.loadChildren) {
+    return configLoader.load(route.loadChildren).map(r => {
       (<any>route)._loadedConfig = r;
       return r.routes;
     });
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts
index 47262b746c..42128e9242 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/common_router_providers.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 import {Location, LocationStrategy, PathLocationStrategy} from '@angular/common';
 import {APP_INITIALIZER, AppModuleFactoryLoader, ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, Injector, OpaqueToken, SystemJsAppModuleLoader} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {RouterConfig} from './config';
+import {Routes} from './config';
 import {Router} from './router';
-import {ROUTER_CONFIG} from './router_config_loader';
+import {ROUTER_CONFIG, ROUTES} from './router_config_loader';
 import {RouterOutletMap} from './router_outlet_map';
 import {ActivatedRoute} from './router_state';
 import {DefaultUrlSerializer, UrlSerializer} from './url_tree';
 
-export const ROUTER_OPTIONS = new OpaqueToken('ROUTER_OPTIONS');
+export const ROUTER_CONFIGURATION = new OpaqueToken('ROUTER_CONFIGURATION');
 
 /**
  * @experimental
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export interface ExtraOptions { enableTracing?: boolean; }
 export function setupRouter(
     ref: ApplicationRef, resolver: ComponentResolver, urlSerializer: UrlSerializer,
     outletMap: RouterOutletMap, location: Location, injector: Injector,
-    loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader, config: RouterConfig, opts: ExtraOptions) {
+    loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader, config: Routes, opts: ExtraOptions) {
   if (ref.componentTypes.length == 0) {
     throw new Error('Bootstrap at least one component before injecting Router.');
   }
@@ -82,10 +82,12 @@ export function setupRouterInitializer(injector: Injector) {
  *
  * @deprecated use RouterAppModule instead
  */
-export function provideRouter(_config: RouterConfig, _opts: ExtraOptions): any[] {
+export function provideRouter(routes: Routes, config: ExtraOptions): any[] {
   return [
-    {provide: ROUTER_CONFIG, useValue: _config}, {provide: ROUTER_OPTIONS, useValue: _opts},
-    Location, {provide: LocationStrategy, useClass: PathLocationStrategy},
+    {provide: ROUTES, useExisting: ROUTER_CONFIG}, {provide: ROUTER_CONFIG, useValue: routes},
+
+    {provide: ROUTER_CONFIGURATION, useValue: config}, Location,
+    {provide: LocationStrategy, useClass: PathLocationStrategy},
     {provide: UrlSerializer, useClass: DefaultUrlSerializer},
 
     {
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ export function provideRouter(_config: RouterConfig, _opts: ExtraOptions): any[]
       useFactory: setupRouter,
       deps: [
         ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, UrlSerializer, RouterOutletMap, Location, Injector,
-        AppModuleFactoryLoader, ROUTER_CONFIG, ROUTER_OPTIONS
+        AppModuleFactoryLoader, ROUTES, ROUTER_CONFIGURATION
       ]
     },
 
@@ -122,8 +124,8 @@ export function provideRouter(_config: RouterConfig, _opts: ExtraOptions): any[]
  *
  * @experimental
  */
-export function provideRoutes(config: RouterConfig): any {
-  return {provide: ROUTER_CONFIG, useValue: config};
+export function provideRoutes(routes: Routes): any {
+  return {provide: ROUTES, useValue: routes};
 }
 
 /**
@@ -142,6 +144,6 @@ export function provideRoutes(config: RouterConfig): any {
  *
  * @experimental
  */
-export function provideRouterConfig(options: ExtraOptions): any {
-  return {provide: ROUTER_OPTIONS, useValue: options};
+export function provideRouterConfig(config: ExtraOptions): any {
+  return {provide: ROUTER_CONFIGURATION, useValue: config};
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
index a84e9745dc..36eb6a4bae 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 
 import {Type} from '@angular/core';
 
+
 /**
- * `RouterConfig` is an array of route configurations. Each one has the following properties:
+ * `Routes` is an array of route configurations. Each one has the following properties:
  *
  * - *`path`* is a string that uses the route matcher DSL.
  * - `pathMatch` is a string that specifies the matching strategy.
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ import {Type} from '@angular/core';
  * - `redirectTo` is the url fragment which will replace the current matched segment.
  * - `outlet` is the name of the outlet the component should be placed into.
  * - `canActivate` is an array of DI tokens used to look up CanActivate handlers. See {@link
- * CanActivate} for more info.
+  * CanActivate} for more info.
  * - `canDeactivate` is an array of DI tokens used to look up CanDeactivate handlers. See {@link
- * CanDeactivate} for more info.
+  * CanDeactivate} for more info.
  * - `data` is additional data provided to the component via `ActivatedRoute`.
  * - `resolve` is a map of DI tokens used to look up data resolvers. See {@link Resolve} for more
  * info.
@@ -227,12 +228,235 @@ import {Type} from '@angular/core';
  * With this configuration in place, navigating to '/parent/10' will create the main child and aux
  * components.
  *
- * @stable
+ * @deprecated use Routes
  */
 export type RouterConfig = Route[];
 
 /**
- * See {@link RouterConfig} for more details.
+ * `Routes` is an array of route configurations. Each one has the following properties:
+ *
+ * - *`path`* is a string that uses the route matcher DSL.
+ * - `pathMatch` is a string that specifies the matching strategy.
+ * - `component` is a component type.
+ * - `redirectTo` is the url fragment which will replace the current matched segment.
+ * - `outlet` is the name of the outlet the component should be placed into.
+ * - `canActivate` is an array of DI tokens used to look up CanActivate handlers. See {@link
+  * CanActivate} for more info.
+ * - `canDeactivate` is an array of DI tokens used to look up CanDeactivate handlers. See {@link
+  * CanDeactivate} for more info.
+ * - `data` is additional data provided to the component via `ActivatedRoute`.
+ * - `resolve` is a map of DI tokens used to look up data resolvers. See {@link Resolve} for more
+ * info.
+ * - `children` is an array of child route definitions.
+ *
+ * ### Simple Configuration
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: 'team/:id',
+ *   component: Team,
+ *   children: [
+ *     {
+ *       path: 'user/:name',
+ *       component: User
+ *     }
+ *   ]
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * When navigating to `/team/11/user/bob`, the router will create the team component with the user
+ * component in it.
+ *
+ * ### Multiple Outlets
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: 'team/:id',
+ *   component: Team
+ * },
+ * {
+ *   path: 'chat/:user',
+ *   component: Chat
+ *   outlet: aux
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * When navigating to `/team/11(aux:chat/jim)`, the router will create the team component next to
+ * the chat component. The chat component will be placed into the aux outlet.
+ *
+ * ### Wild Cards
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: '**',
+ *   component: Sink
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * Regardless of where you navigate to, the router will instantiate the sink component.
+ *
+ * ### Redirects
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: 'team/:id',
+ *   component: Team,
+ *   children: [
+ *     {
+ *       path: 'legacy/user/:name',
+ *       redirectTo: 'user/:name'
+ *     },
+ *     {
+ *       path: 'user/:name',
+ *       component: User
+ *     }
+ *   ]
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * When navigating to '/team/11/legacy/user/jim', the router will change the url to
+ * '/team/11/user/jim', and then will instantiate the team component with the user component
+ * in it.
+ *
+ * If the `redirectTo` value starts with a '/', then it is an absolute redirect. E.g., if in the
+ * example above we change the `redirectTo` to `/user/:name`, the result url will be '/user/jim'.
+ *
+ * ### Empty Path
+ *
+ * Empty-path route configurations can be used to instantiate components that do not "consume"
+ * any url segments. Let's look at the following configuration:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: 'team/:id',
+ *   component: Team,
+ *   children: [
+ *     {
+ *       path: '',
+ *       component: AllUsers
+ *     },
+ *     {
+ *       path: 'user/:name',
+ *       component: User
+ *     }
+ *   ]
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * When navigating to `/team/11`, the router will instantiate the AllUsers component.
+ *
+ * Empty-path routes can have children.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: 'team/:id',
+ *   component: Team,
+ *   children: [
+ *     {
+ *       path: '',
+ *       component: WrapperCmp,
+ *       children: [
+ *         {
+ *           path: 'user/:name',
+ *           component: User
+ *         }
+ *       ]
+ *     }
+ *   ]
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * When navigating to `/team/11/user/jim`, the router will instantiate the wrapper component with
+ * the user component in it.
+ *
+ * ### Matching Strategy
+ *
+ * By default the router will look at what is left in the url, and check if it starts with
+ * the specified path (e.g., `/team/11/user` starts with `team/:id`).
+ *
+ * We can change the matching strategy to make sure that the path covers the whole unconsumed url,
+ * which is akin to `unconsumedUrl === path` or `$` regular expressions.
+ *
+ * This is particularly important when redirecting empty-path routes.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: '',
+ *   pathMatch: 'prefix', //default
+ *   redirectTo: 'main'
+ * },
+ * {
+ *   path: 'main',
+ *   component: Main
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * Since an empty path is a prefix of any url, even when navigating to '/main', the router will
+ * still apply the redirect.
+ *
+ * If `pathMatch: full` is provided, the router will apply the redirect if and only if navigating to
+ * '/'.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *   path: '',
+ *   pathMatch: 'full',
+ *   redirectTo: 'main'
+ * },
+ * {
+ *   path: 'main',
+ *   component: Main
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * ### Componentless Routes
+ *
+ * It is useful at times to have the ability to share parameters between sibling components.
+ *
+ * Say we have two components--ChildCmp and AuxCmp--that we want to put next to each other and both
+ * of them require some id parameter.
+ *
+ * One way to do that would be to have a bogus parent component, so both the siblings can get the id
+ * parameter from it. This is not ideal. Instead, you can use a componentless route.
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *    path: 'parent/:id',
+ *    children: [
+ *      { path: 'a', component: MainChild },
+ *      { path: 'b', component: AuxChild, outlet: 'aux' }
+ *    ]
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * So when navigating to `parent/10/(a//aux:b)`, the route will instantiate the main child and aux
+ * child components next to each other. In this example, the application component
+ * has to have the primary and aux outlets defined.
+ *
+ * The router will also merge the `params`, `data`, and `resolve` of the componentless parent into
+ * the `params`, `data`, and `resolve` of the children.
+ *
+ * This is especially useful when child components are defined as follows:
+ *
+ * ```
+ * [{
+ *    path: 'parent/:id',
+ *    children: [
+ *      { path: '', component: MainChild },
+ *      { path: '', component: AuxChild, outlet: 'aux' }
+ *    ]
+ * }]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * With this configuration in place, navigating to '/parent/10' will create the main child and aux
+ * components.
+ *
+ * @stable use Routes
+ */
+export type Routes = Route[];
+
+/**
+ * See {@link Routes} for more details.
  * @stable
  */
 export type Data = {
@@ -240,7 +464,7 @@ export type Data = {
 };
 
 /**
- * See {@link RouterConfig} for more details.
+ * See {@link Routes} for more details.
  * @stable
  */
 export type ResolveData = {
@@ -248,7 +472,7 @@ export type ResolveData = {
 };
 
 /**
- * See {@link RouterConfig} for more details.
+ * See {@link Routes} for more details.
  * @stable
  */
 export interface Route {
@@ -267,10 +491,10 @@ export interface Route {
   data?: Data;
   resolve?: ResolveData;
   children?: Route[];
-  mountChildren?: string;
+  loadChildren?: string;
 }
 
-export function validateConfig(config: RouterConfig): void {
+export function validateConfig(config: Routes): void {
   config.forEach(validateNode);
 }
 
@@ -279,22 +503,22 @@ function validateNode(route: Route): void {
     throw new Error(
         `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': redirectTo and children cannot be used together`);
   }
-  if (!!route.redirectTo && !!route.mountChildren) {
+  if (!!route.redirectTo && !!route.loadChildren) {
     throw new Error(
-        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': redirectTo and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': redirectTo and loadChildren cannot be used together`);
   }
-  if (!!route.children && !!route.mountChildren) {
+  if (!!route.children && !!route.loadChildren) {
     throw new Error(
-        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': children and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': children and loadChildren cannot be used together`);
   }
   if (!!route.redirectTo && !!route.component) {
     throw new Error(
         `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': redirectTo and component cannot be used together`);
   }
   if (route.redirectTo === undefined && !route.component && !route.children &&
-      !route.mountChildren) {
+      !route.loadChildren) {
     throw new Error(
-        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': component, redirectTo, children, mountChildren must be provided`);
+        `Invalid configuration of route '${route.path}': component, redirectTo, children, loadChildren must be provided`);
   }
   if (route.path === undefined) {
     throw new Error(`Invalid route configuration: routes must have path specified`);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
index 9cfac24aba..9d3d02f431 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_outlet.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class RouterOutlet {
       // const componentName = component ? component.name : null;
       // console.warn(
       //     `'${componentName}' not found in precompile array.  To ensure all components referred
-      //     to by the RouterConfig are compiled, you must add '${componentName}' to the
+      //     to by the Routes are compiled, you must add '${componentName}' to the
       //     'precompile' array of your application component. This will be required in a future
       //     release of the router.`);
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
index 63e5a5880d..ac95d4e178 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {Observer} from 'rxjs/Observer';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
-import {Data, ResolveData, Route, RouterConfig} from './config';
+import {Data, ResolveData, Route, Routes} from './config';
 import {ActivatedRouteSnapshot, InheritedResolve, RouterStateSnapshot} from './router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {UrlPathWithParams, UrlSegment, UrlTree, mapChildrenIntoArray} from './url_tree';
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ class InheritedFromParent {
   }
 }
 
-export function recognize(
-    rootComponentType: Type, config: RouterConfig, urlTree: UrlTree,
-    url: string): Observable<RouterStateSnapshot> {
+export function recognize(rootComponentType: Type, config: Routes, urlTree: UrlTree, url: string):
+    Observable<RouterStateSnapshot> {
   try {
     const children =
         processSegment(config, urlTree.root, InheritedFromParent.empty, PRIMARY_OUTLET);
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ function processPathsWithParamsAgainstRoute(
 function getChildConfig(route: Route): Route[] {
   if (route.children) {
     return route.children;
-  } else if (route.mountChildren) {
+  } else if (route.loadChildren) {
     return (<any>route)._loadedConfig.routes;
   } else {
     return [];
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index fc579e6299..781c99ec31 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
 import {applyRedirects} from './apply_redirects';
-import {ResolveData, RouterConfig, validateConfig} from './config';
+import {ResolveData, Routes, validateConfig} from './config';
 import {createRouterState} from './create_router_state';
 import {createUrlTree} from './create_url_tree';
 import {RouterOutlet} from './directives/router_outlet';
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export type Event = NavigationStart | NavigationEnd | NavigationCancel | Navigat
 /**
  * The `Router` is responsible for mapping URLs to components.
  *
- * See {@link RouterConfig) for more details and examples.
+ * See {@link Routes) for more details and examples.
  *
  * @stable
  */
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class Router {
   private locationSubscription: Subscription;
   private routerEvents: Subject<Event>;
   private navigationId: number = 0;
-  private config: RouterConfig;
+  private config: Routes;
   private futureUrlTree: UrlTree;
   private configLoader: RouterConfigLoader;
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class Router {
       private rootComponentType: Type, private resolver: ComponentResolver,
       private urlSerializer: UrlSerializer, private outletMap: RouterOutletMap,
       private location: Location, private injector: Injector, loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader,
-      config: RouterConfig) {
+      config: Routes) {
     this.resetConfig(config);
     this.routerEvents = new Subject<Event>();
     this.currentUrlTree = createEmptyUrlTree();
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export class Router {
    * ]);
    * ```
    */
-  resetConfig(config: RouterConfig): void {
+  resetConfig(config: Routes): void {
     validateConfig(config);
     this.config = config;
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_app_module.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_app_module.ts
index 36b87eea56..cd8ebf4b1f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_app_module.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_app_module.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,19 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AppModule} from '@angular/core';
 import {Location, LocationStrategy, PathLocationStrategy} from '@angular/common';
-import {APP_INITIALIZER, AppModuleFactoryLoader, ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, Injector, OpaqueToken, SystemJsAppModuleLoader} from '@angular/core';
+import {AppModule, AppModuleFactoryLoader, ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, Injector, OpaqueToken, SystemJsAppModuleLoader} from '@angular/core';
 
+import {ROUTER_CONFIGURATION, setupRouter} from './common_router_providers';
+import {RouterLink, RouterLinkWithHref} from './directives/router_link';
+import {RouterLinkActive} from './directives/router_link_active';
+import {RouterOutlet} from './directives/router_outlet';
 import {Router} from './router';
-import {setupRouter, ROUTER_OPTIONS} from './common_router_providers';
-import {ROUTER_CONFIG} from './router_config_loader';
+import {ROUTES} from './router_config_loader';
 import {RouterOutletMap} from './router_outlet_map';
 import {ActivatedRoute} from './router_state';
 import {DefaultUrlSerializer, UrlSerializer} from './url_tree';
 
-import {RouterLink, RouterLinkWithHref} from './directives/router_link';
-import {RouterLinkActive} from './directives/router_link_active';
-import {RouterOutlet} from './directives/router_outlet';
 
 /**
  * @stable
@@ -42,19 +41,18 @@ export const ROUTER_DIRECTIVES = [RouterOutlet, RouterLink, RouterLinkWithHref,
   directives: ROUTER_DIRECTIVES,
   providers: [
     Location, {provide: LocationStrategy, useClass: PathLocationStrategy},
-    {provide: UrlSerializer, useClass: DefaultUrlSerializer},
-    {
+    {provide: UrlSerializer, useClass: DefaultUrlSerializer}, {
       provide: Router,
       useFactory: setupRouter,
       deps: [
         ApplicationRef, ComponentResolver, UrlSerializer, RouterOutletMap, Location, Injector,
-        AppModuleFactoryLoader, ROUTER_CONFIG, ROUTER_OPTIONS
+        AppModuleFactoryLoader, ROUTES, ROUTER_CONFIGURATION
       ]
     },
     RouterOutletMap,
     {provide: ActivatedRoute, useFactory: (r: Router) => r.routerState.root, deps: [Router]},
     {provide: AppModuleFactoryLoader, useClass: SystemJsAppModuleLoader},
-    {provide: ROUTER_OPTIONS, useValue: {enableTracing: false}}
+    {provide: ROUTER_CONFIGURATION, useValue: {enableTracing: false}}
   ]
 })
 export class RouterAppModule {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_config_loader.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_config_loader.ts
index 51903eeaf7..9744f85469 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_config_loader.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_config_loader.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ import {fromPromise} from 'rxjs/observable/fromPromise';
 
 import {Route} from './config';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated use Routes
+ */
 export const ROUTER_CONFIG = new OpaqueToken('ROUTER_CONFIG');
+export const ROUTES = new OpaqueToken('ROUTES');
 
 export class LoadedRouterConfig {
   constructor(public routes: Route[], public factoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver) {}
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ export class RouterConfigLoader {
   load(path: string): Observable<LoadedRouterConfig> {
     return fromPromise(this.loader.load(path).then(r => {
       const ref = r.create();
-      return new LoadedRouterConfig(ref.injector.get(ROUTER_CONFIG), ref.componentFactoryResolver);
+      return new LoadedRouterConfig(ref.injector.get(ROUTES), ref.componentFactoryResolver);
     }));
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_providers.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_providers.ts
index ac78d9d16c..8ba974099b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router_providers.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router_providers.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {PlatformLocation} from '@angular/common';
 import {BrowserPlatformLocation} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 import {ExtraOptions, provideRouter as provideRouter_} from './common_router_providers';
-import {RouterConfig} from './config';
+import {Routes} from './config';
 
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {RouterConfig} from './config';
  *
  * @experimental
  */
-export function provideRouter(config: RouterConfig, opts: ExtraOptions = {}): any[] {
+export function provideRouter(config: Routes, opts: ExtraOptions = {}): any[] {
   return [
     {provide: PlatformLocation, useClass: BrowserPlatformLocation}, ...provideRouter_(config, opts)
   ];
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
index dd2a95c400..307d9e7f56 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
 import {applyRedirects} from '../src/apply_redirects';
-import {RouterConfig} from '../src/config';
+import {Routes} from '../src/config';
 import {LoadedRouterConfig} from '../src/router_config_loader';
 import {DefaultUrlSerializer, UrlSegment, UrlTree, equalPathsWithParams} from '../src/url_tree';
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
       const loadedConfig =
           new LoadedRouterConfig([{path: 'b', component: ComponentB}], <any>'stubFactoryResolver');
       const loader = {load: (p: any) => of (loadedConfig)};
-      const config = [{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, mountChildren: 'children'}];
+      const config = [{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, loadChildren: 'children'}];
 
       applyRedirects(<any>loader, tree('a/b'), config).forEach(r => {
         compareTrees(r, tree('/a/b'));
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
       const loader = {
         load: (p: any) => new Observable<any>((obs: any) => obs.error(new Error('Loading Error')))
       };
-      const config = [{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, mountChildren: 'children'}];
+      const config = [{path: 'a', component: ComponentA, loadChildren: 'children'}];
 
       applyRedirects(<any>loader, tree('a/b'), config).subscribe(() => {}, (e) => {
         expect(e.message).toEqual('Loading Error');
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
     });
 
     it('should redirect empty path route only when terminal', () => {
-      const config: RouterConfig = [
+      const config: Routes = [
         {
           path: 'a',
           component: ComponentA,
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
       });
 
       it('should not create a new child (terminal)', () => {
-        const config: RouterConfig = [{
+        const config: Routes = [{
           path: 'a',
           children: [
             {path: 'b', component: ComponentB, children: [{path: 'd', component: ComponentB}]},
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ describe('applyRedirects', () => {
   });
 });
 
-function checkRedirect(config: RouterConfig, url: string, callback: any): void {
+function checkRedirect(config: Routes, url: string, callback: any): void {
   applyRedirects(null, tree(url), config).subscribe(callback, e => { throw e; });
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts
index a86aad9df5..98213b3540 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/config.spec.ts
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ describe('config', () => {
               `Invalid configuration of route 'a': redirectTo and children cannot be used together`);
     });
 
-    it('should throw when redirectTo and mountChildren are used together', () => {
-      expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a', redirectTo: 'b', mountChildren: 'value'}]); })
+    it('should throw when redirectTo and loadChildren are used together', () => {
+      expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a', redirectTo: 'b', loadChildren: 'value'}]); })
           .toThrowError(
-              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': redirectTo and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': redirectTo and loadChildren cannot be used together`);
     });
 
-    it('should throw when children and mountChildren are used together', () => {
-      expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a', children: [], mountChildren: 'value'}]); })
+    it('should throw when children and loadChildren are used together', () => {
+      expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a', children: [], loadChildren: 'value'}]); })
           .toThrowError(
-              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': children and mountChildren cannot be used together`);
+              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': children and loadChildren cannot be used together`);
     });
 
     it('should throw when component and redirectTo are used together', () => {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ describe('config', () => {
     it('should throw when none of component and children or direct are missing', () => {
       expect(() => { validateConfig([{path: 'a'}]); })
           .toThrowError(
-              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': component, redirectTo, children, mountChildren must be provided`);
+              `Invalid configuration of route 'a': component, redirectTo, children, loadChildren must be provided`);
     });
 
     it('should throw when path starts with a slash', () => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/create_router_state.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/create_router_state.spec.ts
index 2673118a7e..44897e3fed 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/create_router_state.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/create_router_state.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {RouterConfig} from '../src/config';
+import {Routes} from '../src/config';
 import {createRouterState} from '../src/create_router_state';
 import {recognize} from '../src/recognize';
 import {ActivatedRoute, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState} from '../src/router_state';
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function advanceNode(node: TreeNode<ActivatedRoute>): void {
   node.children.forEach(advanceNode);
 }
 
-function createState(config: RouterConfig, url: string): RouterStateSnapshot {
+function createState(config: Routes, url: string): RouterStateSnapshot {
   let res: RouterStateSnapshot;
   recognize(RootComponent, config, tree(url), url).forEach(s => res = s);
   return res;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
index 95e3a79448..bdf38cb2e7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/recognize.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {RouterConfig} from '../src/config';
+import {Routes} from '../src/config';
 import {recognize} from '../src/recognize';
 import {ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterStateSnapshot} from '../src/router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from '../src/shared';
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ describe('recognize', () => {
   });
 });
 
-function checkRecognize(config: RouterConfig, url: string, callback: any): void {
+function checkRecognize(config: Routes, url: string, callback: any): void {
   recognize(RootComponent, config, tree(url), url).subscribe(callback, e => { throw e; });
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/resolve.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/resolve.spec.ts
index 63db7c7919..1716a880db 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/resolve.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/resolve.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {RouterConfig} from '../src/config';
+import {Routes} from '../src/config';
 import {recognize} from '../src/recognize';
 import {resolve} from '../src/resolve';
 import {RouterStateSnapshot} from '../src/router_state';
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('resolve', () => {
 });
 
 function checkResolve(
-    config: RouterConfig, url: string, resolved: {[k: string]: string}, callback: any): void {
+    config: Routes, url: string, resolved: {[k: string]: string}, callback: any): void {
   const resolver = {
     resolveComponent: (component: string): Promise<any> => {
       if (resolved[component]) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index f8aca4656c..d5608764b4 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
-import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanDeactivate, DefaultUrlSerializer, Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Params, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Resolve, Router, RouterConfig, RouterOutletMap, RouterStateSnapshot, RoutesRecognized, UrlSerializer, provideRoutes} from '../index';
+import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanDeactivate, DefaultUrlSerializer, Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Params, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Resolve, Router, RouterOutletMap, RouterStateSnapshot, Routes, RoutesRecognized, UrlSerializer, provideRoutes} from '../index';
 
 describe('Integration', () => {
 
   beforeEachProviders(() => {
-    let config: RouterConfig =
-        [{path: '', component: BlankCmp}, {path: 'simple', component: SimpleCmp}];
+    let config: Routes = [{path: '', component: BlankCmp}, {path: 'simple', component: SimpleCmp}];
 
     return [
       RouterOutletMap,
@@ -1124,7 +1123,7 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
 
                       const fixture = createRoot(tcb, router, RootCmp);
 
-                      router.resetConfig([{path: 'lazy', mountChildren: 'expected'}]);
+                      router.resetConfig([{path: 'lazy', loadChildren: 'expected'}]);
 
                       router.navigateByUrl('/lazy/loaded/child');
                       advance(fixture);
@@ -1142,7 +1141,7 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
              (<any>loader).expectedPath = 'expected';
              const fixture = createRoot(tcb, router, RootCmp);
 
-             router.resetConfig([{path: 'lazy', mountChildren: 'invalid'}]);
+             router.resetConfig([{path: 'lazy', loadChildren: 'invalid'}]);
 
              const recordedEvents: any = [];
              router.events.forEach(e => recordedEvents.push(e));
diff --git a/modules/playground/src/routing/app/inbox-app.ts b/modules/playground/src/routing/app/inbox-app.ts
index 6467368b31..b66016dc73 100644
--- a/modules/playground/src/routing/app/inbox-app.ts
+++ b/modules/playground/src/routing/app/inbox-app.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export const ROUTER_CONFIG = [
   {path: '', terminal: true, redirectTo: 'inbox'},
   {path: 'inbox', component: InboxCmp},
   {path: 'drafts', component: DraftsCmp},
-  {path: 'detail', mountChildren: 'app/inbox-detail.js' }
+  {path: 'detail', loadChildren: 'app/inbox-detail.js' }
 ];
 
 @Component({
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
index 7cdfc6a3e8..aa7f15c3d0 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
@@ -91,10 +91,13 @@ export declare type Params = {
 export declare const PRIMARY_OUTLET: string;
 
 /** @experimental */
-export declare function provideRouter(config: RouterConfig, opts?: ExtraOptions): any[];
+export declare function provideRouter(config: Routes, opts?: ExtraOptions): any[];
 
 /** @experimental */
-export declare function provideRoutes(config: RouterConfig): any;
+export declare function provideRouterConfig(config: ExtraOptions): any;
+
+/** @experimental */
+export declare function provideRoutes(routes: Routes): any;
 
 /** @experimental */
 export interface Resolve<T> {
@@ -117,19 +120,24 @@ export declare class Router {
     events: Observable<Event>;
     routerState: RouterState;
     url: string;
-    constructor(rootComponentType: Type, resolver: ComponentResolver, urlSerializer: UrlSerializer, outletMap: RouterOutletMap, location: Location, injector: Injector, loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader, config: RouterConfig);
+    constructor(rootComponentType: Type, resolver: ComponentResolver, urlSerializer: UrlSerializer, outletMap: RouterOutletMap, location: Location, injector: Injector, loader: AppModuleFactoryLoader, config: Routes);
     createUrlTree(commands: any[], {relativeTo, queryParams, fragment}?: NavigationExtras): UrlTree;
     navigate(commands: any[], extras?: NavigationExtras): Promise<boolean>;
     navigateByUrl(url: string | UrlTree): Promise<boolean>;
     parseUrl(url: string): UrlTree;
-    resetConfig(config: RouterConfig): void;
+    resetConfig(config: Routes): void;
     serializeUrl(url: UrlTree): string;
 }
 
 /** @stable */
 export declare const ROUTER_DIRECTIVES: (typeof RouterOutlet | typeof RouterLink | typeof RouterLinkWithHref | typeof RouterLinkActive)[];
 
-/** @stable */
+/** @experimental */
+export declare class RouterAppModule {
+    constructor(injector: Injector);
+}
+
+/** @deprecated */
 export declare type RouterConfig = Route[];
 
 /** @stable */
@@ -202,6 +210,9 @@ export declare class RouterStateSnapshot extends Tree<ActivatedRouteSnapshot> {
     toString(): string;
 }
 
+/** @stable */
+export declare type Routes = Route[];
+
 /** @stable */
 export declare class RoutesRecognized {
     id: number;