diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_parser.ts b/modules/angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_serializer.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from modules/angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_parser.ts
rename to modules/angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_serializer.ts
index fece8a9d2c..914d5ad143 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_parser.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_serializer.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import {UrlSegment, Tree, TreeNode} from './segments';
+import {UrlSegment, Tree, TreeNode, rootNode} from './segments';
 import {BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/exceptions';
 import {isBlank, isPresent, RegExpWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
-import {DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME} from './constants';
+import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 
-export abstract class RouterUrlParser { abstract parse(url: string): Tree<UrlSegment>; }
+export abstract class RouterUrlSerializer {
+  abstract parse(url: string): Tree<UrlSegment>;
+  abstract serialize(tree: Tree<UrlSegment>): string;
+}
 
-export class DefaultRouterUrlParser extends RouterUrlParser {
+export class DefaultRouterUrlSerializer extends RouterUrlSerializer {
   parse(url: string): Tree<UrlSegment> {
     if (url.length === 0) {
       throw new BaseException(`Invalid url '${url}'`);
@@ -13,6 +16,29 @@ export class DefaultRouterUrlParser extends RouterUrlParser {
     let root = new _UrlParser().parse(url);
     return new Tree<UrlSegment>(root);
   }
+
+  serialize(tree: Tree<UrlSegment>): string { return _serializeUrlTreeNode(rootNode(tree)); }
+}
+
+function _serializeUrlTreeNode(node: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): string {
+  return `${node.value}${_serializeChildren(node)}`;
+}
+
+function _serializeUrlTreeNodes(nodes: TreeNode<UrlSegment>[]): string {
+  let main = nodes[0].value.toString();
+  let auxNodes = nodes.slice(1);
+  let aux = auxNodes.length > 0 ? `(${auxNodes.map(_serializeUrlTreeNode).join("//")})` : "";
+  let children = _serializeChildren(nodes[0]);
+  return `${main}${aux}${children}`;
+}
+
+function _serializeChildren(node: TreeNode<UrlSegment>): string {
+  if (node.children.length > 0) {
+    let slash = isBlank(node.children[0].value.segment) ? "" : "/";
+    return `${slash}${_serializeUrlTreeNodes(node.children)}`;
+  } else {
+    return "";
+  }
 }
 
 var SEGMENT_RE = RegExpWrapper.create('^[^\\/\\(\\)\\?;=&#]+');
@@ -41,19 +67,19 @@ class _UrlParser {
   parse(url: string): TreeNode<UrlSegment> {
     this._remaining = url;
     if (url == '' || url == '/') {
-      return new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(new UrlSegment('', {}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME), []);
+      return new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(new UrlSegment('', {}, null), []);
     } else {
       return this.parseRoot();
     }
   }
 
   parseRoot(): TreeNode<UrlSegment> {
-    let segments = this.parseSegments(DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME);
+    let segments = this.parseSegments();
     let queryParams = this.peekStartsWith('?') ? this.parseQueryParams() : {};
-    return new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(new UrlSegment('', queryParams, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME), segments);
+    return new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(new UrlSegment('', queryParams, null), segments);
   }
 
-  parseSegments(outletName: string): TreeNode<UrlSegment>[] {
+  parseSegments(outletName: string = null): TreeNode<UrlSegment>[] {
     if (this._remaining.length == 0) {
       return [];
     }
@@ -70,7 +96,7 @@ class _UrlParser {
       path = parts[1];
     }
 
-    var matrixParams: {[key: string]: any} = {};
+    var matrixParams: {[key: string]: any} = null;
     if (this.peekStartsWith(';')) {
       matrixParams = this.parseMatrixParams();
     }
@@ -83,12 +109,19 @@ class _UrlParser {
     var children: TreeNode<UrlSegment>[] = [];
     if (this.peekStartsWith('/') && !this.peekStartsWith('//')) {
       this.capture('/');
-      children = this.parseSegments(DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME);
+      children = this.parseSegments();
     }
 
-    let segment = new UrlSegment(path, matrixParams, outletName);
-    let node = new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(segment, children);
-    return [node].concat(aux);
+    if (isPresent(matrixParams)) {
+      let matrixParamsSegment = new UrlSegment(null, matrixParams, null);
+      let matrixParamsNode = new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(matrixParamsSegment, children);
+      let segment = new UrlSegment(path, null, outletName);
+      return [new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(segment, [matrixParamsNode].concat(aux))];
+    } else {
+      let segment = new UrlSegment(path, null, outletName);
+      let node = new TreeNode<UrlSegment>(segment, children);
+      return [node].concat(aux);
+    }
   }
 
   parseQueryParams(): {[key: string]: any} {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/alt_router/router_url_parser_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/alt_router/router_url_parser_spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d09f15a9c..0000000000
--- a/modules/angular2/test/alt_router/router_url_parser_spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  ComponentFixture,
-  AsyncTestCompleter,
-  TestComponentBuilder,
-  beforeEach,
-  ddescribe,
-  xdescribe,
-  describe,
-  el,
-  expect,
-  iit,
-  inject,
-  beforeEachProviders,
-  it,
-  xit
-} from 'angular2/testing_internal';
-
-import {DefaultRouterUrlParser} from 'angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_parser';
-import {UrlSegment} from 'angular2/src/alt_router/segments';
-import {DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME} from 'angular2/src/alt_router/constants';
-
-export function main() {
-  describe('url parsing', () => {
-    let parser = new DefaultRouterUrlParser();
-
-    it('should throw on an empty urls', () => { expect(() => parser.parse("")).toThrow(); });
-
-    it('should parse the root url', () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/");
-      expectSegment(tree.root, "");
-    });
-
-    it('should parse non-empty urls', () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("one/two");
-      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(tree.root), "one");
-      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(tree.firstChild(tree.root)), "two");
-    });
-
-    it("should parse multiple aux routes", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one/two(/three//right:four)/five");
-      let c = tree.children(tree.firstChild(tree.root));
-
-      expectSegment(c[0], "two");
-      expectSegment(c[1], "aux:three");
-      expectSegment(c[2], "right:four");
-
-      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(c[0]), "five");
-    });
-
-    it("should parse aux routes that have aux routes", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one(/two(/three))");
-      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
-
-      expectSegment(c[0], "one");
-      expectSegment(c[1], "aux:two");
-      expectSegment(c[2], "aux:three");
-    });
-
-    it("should parse aux routes that have children", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one(/two/three)");
-      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
-
-      expectSegment(c[0], "one");
-      expectSegment(c[1], "aux:two");
-      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(c[1]), "three");
-    });
-
-    it("should parse an empty aux route definition", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one()");
-      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
-
-      expectSegment(c[0], "one");
-      expect(tree.children(c[0]).length).toEqual(0);
-    });
-
-    it("should parse key-value matrix params", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one;a=11a;b=11b(/two;c=22//right:three;d=33)");
-
-      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
-      expectSegment(c[0], "one;a=11a;b=11b");
-      expectSegment(c[1], "aux:two;c=22");
-      expectSegment(c[2], "right:three;d=33");
-    });
-
-    it("should parse key only matrix params", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one;a");
-
-      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
-      expectSegment(c[0], "one;a=true");
-    });
-
-    it("should parse key-value query params", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one?a=1&b=2");
-      expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': '1', 'b': '2'}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
-    });
-
-    it("should parse key only query params", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("/one?a");
-      expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': "true"}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
-    });
-
-    it("should parse a url with only query params", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("?a");
-      expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': "true"}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
-    });
-
-    it("should allow slashes within query params", () => {
-      let tree = parser.parse("?a=http://boo");
-      expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': "http://boo"}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-function expectSegment(segment: UrlSegment, expected: string): void {
-  expect(segment.toString()).toEqual(expected);
-}
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diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/alt_router/router_url_serializer_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/alt_router/router_url_serializer_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60db8bef5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/alt_router/router_url_serializer_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import {
+  ComponentFixture,
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  TestComponentBuilder,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  xdescribe,
+  describe,
+  el,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  beforeEachProviders,
+  it,
+  xit
+} from 'angular2/testing_internal';
+
+import {DefaultRouterUrlSerializer} from 'angular2/src/alt_router/router_url_serializer';
+import {UrlSegment} from 'angular2/src/alt_router/segments';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('url parsing', () => {
+    let url = new DefaultRouterUrlSerializer();
+
+    it('should throw on an empty urls', () => { expect(() => url.parse("")).toThrow(); });
+
+    it('should parse the root url', () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("/");
+      expectSegment(tree.root, "");
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("");
+    });
+
+    it('should parse non-empty urls', () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("one/two");
+      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(tree.root), "one");
+      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(tree.firstChild(tree.root)), "two");
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("/one/two");
+    });
+
+    it("should parse multiple aux routes", () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("/one/two(/three//right:four)/five");
+      let c = tree.children(tree.firstChild(tree.root));
+
+      expectSegment(c[0], "two");
+      expectSegment(c[1], "aux:three");
+      expectSegment(c[2], "right:four");
+
+      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(c[0]), "five");
+
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("/one/two(aux:three//right:four)/five");
+    });
+
+    it("should parse aux routes that have aux routes", () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("/one(/two(/three))");
+      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
+
+      expectSegment(c[0], "one");
+      expectSegment(c[1], "aux:two");
+      expectSegment(c[2], "aux:three");
+
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("/one(aux:two//aux:three)");
+    });
+
+    it("should parse aux routes that have children", () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("/one(/two/three)");
+      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
+
+      expectSegment(c[0], "one");
+      expectSegment(c[1], "aux:two");
+      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(c[1]), "three");
+
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("/one(aux:two/three)");
+    });
+
+    it("should parse an empty aux route definition", () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("/one()");
+      let c = tree.children(tree.root);
+
+      expectSegment(c[0], "one");
+      expect(tree.children(c[0]).length).toEqual(0);
+
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("/one");
+    });
+
+    it("should parse key-value matrix params", () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("/one;a=11a;b=11b(/two;c=22//right:three;d=33)");
+
+      let c = tree.firstChild(tree.root);
+      expectSegment(c, "one");
+
+      let c2 = tree.children(c);
+      expectSegment(c2[0], ";a=11a;b=11b");
+      expectSegment(c2[1], "aux:two");
+      expectSegment(c2[2], "right:three");
+
+      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(c2[1]), ";c=22");
+      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(c2[2]), ";d=33");
+
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("/one;a=11a;b=11b(aux:two;c=22//right:three;d=33)");
+    });
+
+    it("should parse key only matrix params", () => {
+      let tree = url.parse("/one;a");
+
+      let c = tree.firstChild(tree.root);
+      expectSegment(c, "one");
+      expectSegment(tree.firstChild(c), ";a=true");
+
+      expect(url.serialize(tree)).toEqual("/one;a=true");
+    });
+
+    // it("should parse key-value query params", () => {
+    //   let tree = url.parse("/one?a=1&b=2");
+    //   expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': '1', 'b': '2'}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
+    // });
+    //
+    // it("should parse key only query params", () => {
+    //   let tree = url.parse("/one?a");
+    //   expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': "true"}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
+    // });
+    //
+    // it("should parse a url with only query params", () => {
+    //   let tree = url.parse("?a");
+    //   expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': "true"}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
+    // });
+    //
+    // it("should allow slashes within query params", () => {
+    //   let tree = url.parse("?a=http://boo");
+    //   expect(tree.root).toEqual(new UrlSegment("", {'a': "http://boo"}, DEFAULT_OUTLET_NAME));
+    // });
+  });
+}
+
+function expectSegment(segment: UrlSegment, expected: string): void {
+  expect(segment.toString()).toEqual(expected);
+}
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