diff --git a/cake/console/libs/console.php b/cake/console/libs/console.php
index 9d7f9aa4930..e04ba782c61 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/console.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/console.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function initialize() {
 		foreach ($this->models as $model) {
 			$this->out(" - {$model}");
 		}
-		$this->__loadRoutes();
+		$this->_loadRoutes();
 	}
 /**
  * Prints the help message
@@ -80,7 +80,61 @@ function initialize() {
  * @access public
  */
 	function help() {
-		$this->main('help');
+		$out  = 'Console help:';
+		$out .= '-------------';
+		$out .= 'The interactive console is a tool for testing parts of your app before you';
+		$out .= 'write code.';
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= 'Model testing:';
+		$out .= 'To test model results, use the name of your model without a leading $';
+		$out .= 'e.g. Foo->find("all")';
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= 'To dynamically set associations, you can do the following:';
+		$out .= "\tModelA bind <association> ModelB";
+		$out .= "where the supported assocations are hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, hasAndBelongsToMany";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= 'To dynamically remove associations, you can do the following:';
+		$out .= "\t ModelA unbind <association> ModelB";
+		$out .= "where the supported associations are the same as above";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "To save a new field in a model, you can do the following:";
+		$out .= "\tModelA->save(array('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 0))";
+		$out .= "where you are passing a hash of data to be saved in the format";
+		$out .= "of field => value pairs";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "To get column information for a model, use the following:";
+		$out .= "\tModelA columns";
+		$out .= "which returns a list of columns and their type";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= 'Route testing:';
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= 'To test URLs against your app\'s route configuration, type:';
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "\tRoute <url>";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "where url is the path to your your action plus any query parameters,";
+		$out .= "minus the application's base path.  For example:";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "\tRoute /posts/view/1";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "will return something like the following:";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "\tarray (";
+		$out .= "\t  [...]";
+		$out .= "\t  'controller' => 'posts',";
+		$out .= "\t  'action' => 'view',";
+		$out .= "\t  [...]";
+		$out .= "\t)";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= 'Alternatively, you can use simple array syntax to test reverse';
+		$out .= 'To reload your routes config (config/routes.php), do the following:';
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= "\tRoutes reload";
+		$out .= "\n";
+		$out .= 'To show all connected routes, do the following:';
+		$out .= "\tRoutes show";
+		$this->out($out);
 	}
 /**
  * Override main() to handle action
@@ -95,44 +149,7 @@ function main($command = null) {
 
 			switch ($command) {
 				case 'help':
-					$this->out('Console help:');
-					$this->out('-------------');
-					$this->out('The interactive console is a tool for testing parts of your app before you commit code');
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out('Model testing:');
-					$this->out('To test model results, use the name of your model without a leading $');
-					$this->out('e.g. Foo->find("all")');
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out('To dynamically set associations, you can do the following:');
-					$this->out("\tModelA bind <association> ModelB");
-					$this->out("where the supported assocations are hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, hasAndBelongsToMany");
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out('To dynamically remove associations, you can do the following:');
-					$this->out("\t ModelA unbind <association> ModelB");
-					$this->out("where the supported associations are the same as above");
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out("To save a new field in a model, you can do the following:");
-					$this->out("\tModelA->save(array('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 0))");
-					$this->out("where you are passing a hash of data to be saved in the format");
-					$this->out("of field => value pairs");
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out("To get column information for a model, use the following:");
-					$this->out("\tModelA columns");
-					$this->out("which returns a list of columns and their type");
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out('Route testing:');
-					$this->out('To test URLs against your app\'s route configuration, type:');
-					$this->out("\tRoute <url>");
-					$this->out("where url is the path to your your action plus any query parameters, minus the");
-					$this->out("application's base path");
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out('To reload your routes config (config/routes.php), do the following:');
-					$this->out("\tRoutes reload");
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out('');
-					$this->out('To show all connected routes, do the following:');
-					$this->out("\tRoutes show");
-					$this->out('');
+					$this->help();
 				break;
 				case 'quit':
 				case 'exit':
@@ -155,7 +172,7 @@ function main($command = null) {
 					$association = $tmp[2];
 					$modelB = $tmp[3];
 
-					if ($this->__isValidModel($modelA) && $this->__isValidModel($modelB) && in_array($association, $this->associations)) {
+					if ($this->_isValidModel($modelA) && $this->_isValidModel($modelB) && in_array($association, $this->associations)) {
 						$this->{$modelA}->bindModel(array($association => array($modelB => array('className' => $modelB))), false);
 						$this->out("Created $association association between $modelA and $modelB");
 					} else {
@@ -182,7 +199,7 @@ function main($command = null) {
 						}
 					}
 
-					if ($this->__isValidModel($modelA) && $this->__isValidModel($modelB) && in_array($association, $this->associations) && $validCurrentAssociation) {
+					if ($this->_isValidModel($modelA) && $this->_isValidModel($modelB) && in_array($association, $this->associations) && $validCurrentAssociation) {
 						$this->{$modelA}->unbindModel(array($association => array($modelB)));
 						$this->out("Removed $association association between $modelA and $modelB");
 					} else {
@@ -197,7 +214,7 @@ function main($command = null) {
 					// Do we have a valid model?
 					list($modelToCheck, $tmp) = explode('->', $command);
 
-					if ($this->__isValidModel($modelToCheck)) {
+					if ($this->_isValidModel($modelToCheck)) {
 						$findCommand = "\$data = \$this->$command;";
 						@eval($findCommand);
 
@@ -249,7 +266,7 @@ function main($command = null) {
 					$command = str_replace($this->badCommandChars, "", $command);
 					list($modelToSave, $tmp) = explode("->", $command);
 
-					if ($this->__isValidModel($modelToSave)) {
+					if ($this->_isValidModel($modelToSave)) {
 						// Extract the array of data we are trying to build
 						list($foo, $data) = explode("->save", $command);
 						$badChars = array("(", ")");
@@ -262,7 +279,7 @@ function main($command = null) {
 				case (preg_match("/^(\w+) columns/", $command, $tmp) == true):
 					$modelToCheck = strip_tags(str_replace($this->badCommandChars, "", $tmp[1]));
 
-					if ($this->__isValidModel($modelToCheck)) {
+					if ($this->_isValidModel($modelToCheck)) {
 						// Get the column info for this model
 						$fieldsCommand = "\$data = \$this->{$modelToCheck}->getColumnTypes();";
 						@eval($fieldsCommand);
@@ -278,7 +295,7 @@ function main($command = null) {
 				break;
 				case (preg_match("/^routes\s+reload/i", $command, $tmp) == true):
 					$router =& Router::getInstance();
-					if (!$this->__loadRoutes()) {
+					if (!$this->_loadRoutes()) {
 						$this->out("There was an error loading the routes config.  Please check that the file");
 						$this->out("exists and is free of parse errors.");
 						break;
@@ -289,6 +306,11 @@ function main($command = null) {
 					$router =& Router::getInstance();
 					$this->out(join("\n", Set::extract($router->routes, '{n}.0')));
 				break;
+				case (preg_match("/^route\s+(\(.*\))$/i", $command, $tmp) == true):
+					if ($url = eval('return array' . $tmp[1] . ';')) {
+						$this->out(Router::url($url));
+					}
+				break;
 				case (preg_match("/^route\s+(.*)/i", $command, $tmp) == true):
 					$this->out(var_export(Router::parse($tmp[1]), true));
 				break;
@@ -304,9 +326,9 @@ function main($command = null) {
  *
  * @param string $modelToCheck
  * @return boolean true if is an available model, false otherwise
- * @access private
+ * @access protected
  */
-	function __isValidModel($modelToCheck) {
+	function _isValidModel($modelToCheck) {
 		return in_array($modelToCheck, $this->models);
 	}
 /**
@@ -314,9 +336,9 @@ function __isValidModel($modelToCheck) {
  * all routes found
  *
  * @return boolean True if config reload was a success, otherwise false
- * @access private
+ * @access protected
  */
-	function __loadRoutes() {
+	function _loadRoutes() {
 		$router =& Router::getInstance();
 
 		$router->reload();