diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d0a47488e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
+
+import {Route, RouterConfig} from './config';
+import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from './shared';
+import {UrlSegment, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
+import {first} from './utils/collection';
+import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
+
+class NoMatch {}
+class GlobalRedirect {
+  constructor(public segments: UrlSegment[]) {}
+}
+
+export function applyRedirects(urlTree: UrlTree, config: RouterConfig): Observable<UrlTree> {
+  try {
+    const transformedChildren = urlTree._root.children.map(c => applyNode(config, c));
+    return createUrlTree(urlTree, transformedChildren);
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e instanceof GlobalRedirect) {
+      return createUrlTree(urlTree, [constructNodes(e.segments, [], [])]);
+    } else if (e instanceof NoMatch) {
+      return new Observable<UrlTree>(obs => obs.error(new Error('Cannot match any routes')));
+    } else {
+      return new Observable<UrlTree>(obs => obs.error(e));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function createUrlTree(urlTree: UrlTree, children: TreeNode<UrlSegment>[]): Observable<UrlTree> {
+  const transformedRoot = new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(urlTree.root, children);
+  return of (new UrlTree(transformedRoot, urlTree.queryParams, urlTree.fragment));
+}
+
+function applyNode(config: Route[], url: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): TreeNode<UrlSegment> {
+  for (let r of config) {
+    try {
+      return matchNode(config, r, url);
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (!(e instanceof NoMatch)) throw e;
+    }
+  }
+  throw new NoMatch();
+}
+
+function matchNode(config: Route[], route: Route, url: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): TreeNode<UrlSegment> {
+  if (!route.path) throw new NoMatch();
+  if ((route.outlet ? route.outlet : PRIMARY_OUTLET) !== url.value.outlet) {
+    throw new NoMatch();
+  }
+
+  if (route.path === '**') {
+    const newSegments = applyRedirectCommands([], route.redirectTo, {});
+    return constructNodes(newSegments, [], []);
+  }
+
+  const m = match(route, url);
+  if (!m) throw new NoMatch();
+  const {consumedUrlSegments, lastSegment, lastParent, positionalParamSegments} = m;
+
+  const newSegments =
+      applyRedirectCommands(consumedUrlSegments, route.redirectTo, positionalParamSegments);
+
+  const childConfig = route.children ? route.children : [];
+  const transformedChildren = lastSegment.children.map(c => applyNode(childConfig, c));
+
+  const secondarySubtrees = lastParent ? lastParent.children.slice(1) : [];
+  const transformedSecondarySubtrees = secondarySubtrees.map(c => applyNode(config, c));
+
+  return constructNodes(newSegments, transformedChildren, transformedSecondarySubtrees);
+}
+
+export function match(route: Route, url: TreeNode<UrlSegment>) {
+  const path = route.path.startsWith('/') ? route.path.substring(1) : route.path;
+  const parts = path.split('/');
+  const positionalParamSegments = {};
+  const consumedUrlSegments = [];
+
+  let lastParent: TreeNode<UrlSegment>|null = null;
+  let lastSegment: TreeNode<UrlSegment>|null = null;
+
+  let current: TreeNode<UrlSegment>|null = url;
+  for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; ++i) {
+    if (!current) return null;
+
+    const p = parts[i];
+    const isLastSegment = i === parts.length - 1;
+    const isLastParent = i === parts.length - 2;
+    const isPosParam = p.startsWith(':');
+
+    if (!isPosParam && p != current.value.path) return null;
+    if (isLastSegment) {
+      lastSegment = current;
+    }
+    if (isLastParent) {
+      lastParent = current;
+    }
+    if (isPosParam) {
+      positionalParamSegments[p.substring(1)] = current.value;
+    }
+    consumedUrlSegments.push(current.value);
+    current = first(current.children);
+  }
+  if (!lastSegment) throw 'Cannot be reached';
+  return {consumedUrlSegments, lastSegment, lastParent, positionalParamSegments};
+}
+
+function constructNodes(
+    segments: UrlSegment[], children: TreeNode<UrlSegment>[],
+    secondary: TreeNode<UrlSegment>[]): TreeNode<UrlSegment> {
+  let prevChildren = children;
+  for (let i = segments.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+    if (i === segments.length - 2) {
+      prevChildren = [new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(segments[i], prevChildren.concat(secondary))];
+    } else {
+      prevChildren = [new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(segments[i], prevChildren)];
+    }
+  }
+  return prevChildren[0];
+}
+
+function applyRedirectCommands(
+    segments: UrlSegment[], redirectTo: string,
+    posParams: {[k: string]: UrlSegment}): UrlSegment[] {
+  if (!redirectTo) return segments;
+
+  if (redirectTo.startsWith('/')) {
+    const parts = redirectTo.substring(1).split('/');
+    throw new GlobalRedirect(createSegments(redirectTo, parts, segments, posParams));
+  } else {
+    return createSegments(redirectTo, redirectTo.split('/'), segments, posParams);
+  }
+}
+
+function createSegments(
+    redirectTo: string, parts: string[], segments: UrlSegment[],
+    posParams: {[k: string]: UrlSegment}): UrlSegment[] {
+  return parts.map(
+      p => p.startsWith(':') ? findPosParamSegment(p, posParams, redirectTo) :
+                               findOrCreateSegment(p, segments));
+}
+
+function findPosParamSegment(
+    part: string, posParams: {[k: string]: UrlSegment}, redirectTo: string): UrlSegment {
+  const paramName = part.substring(1);
+  const pos = posParams[paramName];
+  if (!pos) throw new Error(`Cannot redirect to '${redirectTo}'. Cannot find '${part}'.`);
+  return pos;
+}
+
+function findOrCreateSegment(part: string, segments: UrlSegment[]): UrlSegment {
+  const matchingIndex = segments.findIndex(s => s.path === part);
+  if (matchingIndex > -1) {
+    const r = segments[matchingIndex];
+    segments.splice(matchingIndex);
+    return r;
+  } else {
+    return new UrlSegment(part, {}, PRIMARY_OUTLET);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
index d8b959e065..754a22a24f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ export type RouterConfig = Route[];
 export interface Route {
   index?: boolean;
   path?: string;
-  component: Type|string;
+  component?: Type|string;
   outlet?: string;
   canActivate?: any[];
   canDeactivate?: any[];
+  redirectTo?: string;
   children?: Route[];
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
index e78a51f3ce..b2bd8cc598 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/recognize.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import {Type} from '@angular/core';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
+import {match} from './apply_redirects';
 import {Route, RouterConfig} from './config';
 import {ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterStateSnapshot} from './router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from './shared';
 import {UrlSegment, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {first, flatten, merge} from './utils/collection';
+import {first, flatten, forEach, merge} from './utils/collection';
 import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 class CannotRecognize {}
@@ -17,11 +19,7 @@ export function recognize(
         rootComponentType, config, [url.root], {}, url._root.children, [], PRIMARY_OUTLET, null,
         url.root);
     const roots = constructActivatedRoute(match);
-    const res = new RouterStateSnapshot(roots[0], url.queryParams, url.fragment);
-    return new Observable<RouterStateSnapshot>(obs => {
-      obs.next(res);
-      obs.complete();
-    });
+    return of (new RouterStateSnapshot(roots[0], url.queryParams, url.fragment));
   } catch (e) {
     if (e instanceof CannotRecognize) {
       return new Observable<RouterStateSnapshot>(
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ function createActivatedRouteSnapshot(match: MatchResult): ActivatedRouteSnapsho
 
 function recognizeOne(
     config: Route[], url: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[] {
-  const matches = match(config, url);
+  const matches = matchNode(config, url);
   for (let match of matches) {
     try {
       const primary = constructActivatedRoute(match);
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ function checkOutletNameUniqueness(nodes: TreeNode<ActivatedRouteSnapshot>[]):
   return nodes;
 }
 
-function match(config: Route[], url: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): MatchResult[] {
+function matchNode(config: Route[], url: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): MatchResult[] {
   const res = [];
   for (let r of config) {
     if (r.index) {
@@ -148,43 +146,14 @@ function matchWithParts(route: Route, url: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): MatchResult|nu
         route.component, [], consumedUrl, last.parameters, [], [], PRIMARY_OUTLET, route, last);
   }
 
-  const parts = path.split('/');
-  const positionalParams = {};
-  const consumedUrlSegments = [];
-
-  let lastParent: TreeNode<UrlSegment>|null = null;
-  let lastSegment: TreeNode<UrlSegment>|null = null;
-
-  let current: TreeNode<UrlSegment>|null = url;
-  for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; ++i) {
-    if (!current) return null;
-
-    const p = parts[i];
-    const isLastSegment = i === parts.length - 1;
-    const isLastParent = i === parts.length - 2;
-    const isPosParam = p.startsWith(':');
-
-    if (!isPosParam && p != current.value.path) return null;
-    if (isLastSegment) {
-      lastSegment = current;
-    }
-    if (isLastParent) {
-      lastParent = current;
-    }
-
-    if (isPosParam) {
-      positionalParams[p.substring(1)] = current.value.path;
-    }
-
-    consumedUrlSegments.push(current.value);
-
-    current = first(current.children);
-  }
-
-  if (!lastSegment) throw 'Cannot be reached';
+  const m = match(route, url);
+  if (!m) return null;
+  const {consumedUrlSegments, lastSegment, lastParent, positionalParamSegments} = m;
 
   const p = lastSegment.value.parameters;
-  const parameters = <{[key: string]: string}>merge(p, positionalParams);
+  const posParams = {};
+  forEach(positionalParamSegments, (v, k) => { posParams[k] = v.path; });
+  const parameters = <{[key: string]: string}>merge(p, posParams);
   const secondarySubtrees = lastParent ? lastParent.children.slice(1) : [];
   const children = route.children ? route.children : [];
   const outlet = route.outlet ? route.outlet : PRIMARY_OUTLET;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index 6bb67bbba0..943a663e61 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {Subject} from 'rxjs/Subject';
 import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
+import {applyRedirects} from './apply_redirects';
 import {RouterConfig} from './config';
 import {createRouterState} from './create_router_state';
 import {createUrlTree} from './create_url_tree';
@@ -235,8 +236,14 @@ export class Router {
     }
 
     return new Promise((resolvePromise, rejectPromise) => {
+      let updatedUrl;
       let state;
-      recognize(this.rootComponentType, this.config, url)
+      applyRedirects(url, this.config)
+          .mergeMap(u => {
+            updatedUrl = u;
+            return recognize(this.rootComponentType, this.config, updatedUrl);
+          })
+
           .mergeMap((newRouterStateSnapshot) => {
             return resolve(this.resolver, newRouterStateSnapshot);
 
@@ -265,7 +272,7 @@ export class Router {
             this.currentUrlTree = url;
             this.currentRouterState = state;
             if (!pop) {
-              this.location.go(this.urlSerializer.serialize(url));
+              this.location.go(this.urlSerializer.serialize(updatedUrl));
             }
           })
           .then(
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts
index 7926aa085e..460ea0646a 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export function first<T>(a: T[]): T|null {
   return a.length > 0 ? a[0] : null;
 }
 
+export function last<T>(a: T[]): T|null {
+  return a.length > 0 ? a[a.length - 1] : null;
+}
+
 export function and(bools: boolean[]): boolean {
   return bools.reduce((a, b) => a && b, true);
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba22116ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/apply_redirects.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import {DefaultUrlSerializer} from '../src/url_serializer';
+import {TreeNode} from '../src/utils/tree';
+import {UrlTree, UrlSegment, equalUrlSegments} from '../src/url_tree';
+import {Params, PRIMARY_OUTLET} from '../src/shared';
+import {applyRedirects} from '../src/apply_redirects';
+
+describe('applyRedirects', () => {
+  it("should return the same url tree when no redirects", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/b"), [
+      {path: 'a', component: ComponentA, children: [{path: 'b', component: ComponentB}]}
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/a/b'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should add new segments when needed", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/b"), [
+      {path: 'a/b', redirectTo: 'a/b/c'}
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/a/b/c'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should handle positional parameters", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/1/b/2"), [
+      {path: 'a/:aid/b/:bid', redirectTo: 'newa/:aid/newb/:bid'}
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/newa/1/newb/2'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should throw when cannot handle a positional parameter", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/1"), [
+      {path: 'a/:id', redirectTo: 'a/:other'}
+    ]).subscribe(() => {}, (e) => {
+      expect(e.message).toEqual("Cannot redirect to 'a/:other'. Cannot find ':other'.");
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should pass matrix parameters", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a;p1=1/1;p2=2"), [
+      {path: 'a/:id', redirectTo: 'd/a/:id/e'}
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/d/a;p1=1/1;p2=2/e'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should handle preserve secondary routes", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/1(aux:c/d)"), [
+      {path: 'a/:id', redirectTo: 'd/a/:id/e'},
+      {path: 'c/d', component: ComponentA, outlet: 'aux'}
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/d/a/1/e(aux:c/d)'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should redirect secondary routes", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/1(aux:c/d)"), [
+      {path: 'a/:id', component: ComponentA},
+      {path: 'c/d', redirectTo: 'f/c/d/e', outlet: 'aux'}
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/a/1(aux:f/c/d/e)'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should redirect wild cards", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/1(aux:c/d)"), [
+      {path: '**', redirectTo: '/404'},
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/404'));
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should support global redirects", () => {
+    applyRedirects(tree("/a/b/1"), [
+      {path: 'a', component: ComponentA, children: [
+        {path: 'b/:id', redirectTo: '/global/:id'}
+      ]},
+    ]).forEach(t => {
+      compareTrees(t, tree('/global/1'));
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+function tree(url: string): UrlTree {
+  return new DefaultUrlSerializer().parse(url);
+}
+
+function compareTrees(actual: UrlTree, expected: UrlTree): void{
+  const serializer = new DefaultUrlSerializer();
+  const error = `"${serializer.serialize(actual)}" is not equal to "${serializer.serialize(expected)}"`;
+  compareNode(actual._root, expected._root, error);
+}
+
+function compareNode(actual: TreeNode<UrlSegment>, expected: TreeNode<UrlSegment>, error: string): void{
+  expect(equalUrlSegments([actual.value], [expected.value])).toEqual(true, error);
+
+  expect(actual.children.length).toEqual(expected.children.length, error);
+
+  if (actual.children.length === expected.children.length) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < actual.children.length; ++i) {
+      compareNode(actual.children[i], expected.children[i], error);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class ComponentA {}
+class ComponentB {}
+class ComponentC {}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
index 24c9ecee3e..2dfe268e4c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/router.spec.ts
@@ -420,6 +420,23 @@ describe("Integration", () => {
       })));
   });
 
+  describe("redirects", () => {
+    it("should work", fakeAsync(inject([Router, TestComponentBuilder, Location], (router, tcb, location) => {
+      router.resetConfig([
+        { path: '/old/team/:id', redirectTo: 'team/:id' },
+        { path: '/team/:id', component: TeamCmp }
+      ]);
+
+      const fixture = tcb.createFakeAsync(RootCmp);
+      advance(fixture);
+
+      router.navigateByUrl('old/team/22');
+      advance(fixture);
+
+      expect(location.path()).toEqual('/team/22');
+    })));
+  });
+
   describe("guards", () => {
     describe("CanActivate", () => {
       describe("should not activate a route when CanActivate returns false", () => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json b/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json
index 95fe5988b1..945409c60c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "files": [
     "src/index.ts",
     "src/router.ts",
+    "src/apply_redirects.ts",
     "src/recognize.ts",
     "src/resolve.ts",
     "src/create_router_state.ts",
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     "src/utils/collection.ts",
     "test/utils/tree.spec.ts",
     "test/url_serializer.spec.ts",
+    "test/apply_redirects.spec.ts",
     "test/recognize.spec.ts",
     "test/create_router_state.spec.ts",
     "test/create_url_tree.spec.ts",