diff --git a/core/src/components/router/router.tsx b/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
index f9b7b29802..c91d10a492 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/router/router.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Build, Component, Element, Event, EventEmitter, Listen, Method, Prop }
 import { Config, DomController } from '../../index';
 import { flattenRouterTree, readRedirects, readRoutes } from './utils/parser';
 import { readNavState, writeNavState } from './utils/dom';
-import { chainToPath, parsePath, readPath, writePath } from './utils/path';
+import { chainToPath, generatePath, parsePath, readPath, writePath } from './utils/path';
 import { RouteChain, RouteRedirect, RouterEventDetail } from './utils/interfaces';
 import { routeRedirect, routerIDsToChain, routerPathToChain } from './utils/matching';
 import { printRoutes } from './utils/debug';
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { printRoutes } from './utils/debug';
 export class Router {
 
   private routes: RouteChain[];
-  private previousPath: string[] = null;
+  private previousPath: string = null;
   private redirects: RouteRedirect[];
   private busy = false;
   private init = false;
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ export class Router {
     return readPath(window.location, this.base, this.useHash);
   }
 
-  private emitRouteChange(path: string[], redirectedFrom: string[]|null) {
+  private emitRouteChange(path: string[], redirectPath: string[]|null) {
     const from = this.previousPath;
-    const to = path.slice();
+    const redirectedFrom = redirectPath ? generatePath(redirectPath) : null;
+    const to = generatePath(path);
     this.previousPath = to;
     this.ionRouteChanged.emit({
       from,
diff --git a/core/src/components/router/utils/interfaces.ts b/core/src/components/router/utils/interfaces.ts
index 6b59336902..fdf8a9da91 100644
--- a/core/src/components/router/utils/interfaces.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/router/utils/interfaces.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ export interface NavOutlet {
 }
 
 export interface RouterEventDetail {
-  from: string[]|null;
-  redirectedFrom: string[]|null;
-  to: string[];
+  from: string|null;
+  redirectedFrom: string|null;
+  to: string;
 }
 
 export interface RouteRedirect {