diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterApacheDumperCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterApacheDumperCommand.php
index bfbfaa78bc48..f092b118d29f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterApacheDumperCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterApacheDumperCommand.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\Dumper\ApacheMatcherDumper;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouterInterface;
 
@@ -74,9 +75,11 @@ protected function configure()
      */
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
-        $formatter = $this->getHelper('formatter');
+        $output = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
 
-        $output->writeln($formatter->formatSection('warning', 'The router:dump-apache command is deprecated since version 2.5 and will be removed in 3.0', 'comment'));
+        $output->title('Router Apache Dumper');
+
+        $output->caution('The router:dump-apache command is deprecated since version 2.5 and will be removed in 3.0.');
 
         $router = $this->getContainer()->get('router');
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php
index 6f7db66a660f..9b96c77868ea 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouterInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
 
@@ -77,8 +78,10 @@ protected function configure()
      */
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
+        $output = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
+
         if (false !== strpos($input->getFirstArgument(), ':d')) {
-            $output->writeln('<comment>The use of "router:debug" command is deprecated since version 2.7 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "debug:router" instead.</comment>');
+            $output->caution('The use of "router:debug" command is deprecated since version 2.7 and will be removed in 3.0. Use the "debug:router" instead.');
         }
 
         $name = $input->getArgument('name');
@@ -89,11 +92,14 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             if (!$route) {
                 throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The route "%s" does not exist.', $name));
             }
+
             $this->convertController($route);
+
             $helper->describe($output, $route, array(
                 'format' => $input->getOption('format'),
                 'raw_text' => $input->getOption('raw'),
                 'name' => $name,
+                'output' => $output,
             ));
         } else {
             $routes = $this->getContainer()->get('router')->getRouteCollection();
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
                 'format' => $input->getOption('format'),
                 'raw_text' => $input->getOption('raw'),
                 'show_controllers' => $input->getOption('show-controllers'),
+                'output' => $output,
             ));
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterMatchCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterMatchCommand.php
index c1afc9d83b7e..ee690770037e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterMatchCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterMatchCommand.php
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command;
 
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
-use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouterInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Matcher\TraceableUrlMatcher;
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ protected function configure()
 The <info>%command.name%</info> shows which routes match a given request and which don't and for what reason:
 
   <info>php %command.full_name% /foo</info>
-  
+
 or
 
   <info>php %command.full_name% /foo --method POST --scheme https --host symfony.com --verbose</info>
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ protected function configure()
      */
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
+        $output = new SymfonyStyle($input, $output);
+
         $router = $this->getContainer()->get('router');
         $context = $router->getContext();
         if (null !== $method = $input->getOption('method')) {
@@ -91,25 +94,26 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
 
         $traces = $matcher->getTraces($input->getArgument('path_info'));
 
+        $output->newLine();
+
         $matches = false;
         foreach ($traces as $trace) {
             if (TraceableUrlMatcher::ROUTE_ALMOST_MATCHES == $trace['level']) {
-                $output->writeln(sprintf('<fg=yellow>Route "%s" almost matches but %s</>', $trace['name'], lcfirst($trace['log'])));
+                $output->text(sprintf('Route <info>"%s"</> almost matches but %s', $trace['name'], lcfirst($trace['log'])));
             } elseif (TraceableUrlMatcher::ROUTE_MATCHES == $trace['level']) {
-                $output->writeln(sprintf('<fg=green>Route "%s" matches</>', $trace['name']));
+                $output->success(sprintf('Route "%s" matches', $trace['name']));
 
-                $routerDebugcommand = $this->getApplication()->find('debug:router');
-                $output->writeln('');
-                $routerDebugcommand->run(new ArrayInput(array('name' => $trace['name'])), $output);
+                $routerDebugCommand = $this->getApplication()->find('debug:router');
+                $routerDebugCommand->run(new ArrayInput(array('name' => $trace['name'])), $output);
 
                 $matches = true;
             } elseif ($input->getOption('verbose')) {
-                $output->writeln(sprintf('Route "%s" does not match: %s', $trace['name'], $trace['log']));
+                $output->text(sprintf('Route "%s" does not match: %s', $trace['name'], $trace['log']));
             }
         }
 
         if (!$matches) {
-            $output->writeln(sprintf('<fg=red>None of the routes match the path "%s"</>', $input->getArgument('path_info')));
+            $output->error(sprintf('None of the routes match the path "%s"', $input->getArgument('path_info')));
 
             return 1;
         }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
index 422e50ead2b8..c77598c82c63 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ class TextDescriptor extends Descriptor
     protected function describeRouteCollection(RouteCollection $routes, array $options = array())
     {
         $showControllers = isset($options['show_controllers']) && $options['show_controllers'];
-        $headers = array('Name', 'Method', 'Scheme', 'Host', 'Path');
-        $table = new Table($this->getOutput());
-        $table->setStyle('compact');
-        $table->setHeaders($showControllers ? array_merge($headers, array('Controller')) : $headers);
 
+        $tableHeaders = array('Name', 'Method', 'Scheme', 'Host', 'Path');
+        if ($showControllers) {
+            $tableHeaders[] = 'Controller';
+        }
+
+        $tableRows = array();
         foreach ($routes->all() as $name => $route) {
             $row = array(
                 $name,
@@ -58,11 +60,16 @@ protected function describeRouteCollection(RouteCollection $routes, array $optio
                 $row[] = $controller;
             }
 
-            $table->addRow($row);
+            $tableRows[] = $row;
         }
 
-        $this->writeText($this->formatSection('router', 'Current routes')."\n", $options);
-        $table->render();
+        if (isset($options['output'])) {
+            $options['output']->table($tableHeaders, $tableRows);
+        } else {
+            $table = new Table($this->getOutput());
+            $table->setHeaders($tableHeaders)->setRows($tableRows);
+            $table->render();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -73,26 +80,24 @@ protected function describeRoute(Route $route, array $options = array())
         $requirements = $route->getRequirements();
         unset($requirements['_scheme'], $requirements['_method']);
 
-        // fixme: values were originally written as raw
-        $description = array(
-            '<comment>Path</comment>         '.$route->getPath(),
-            '<comment>Path Regex</comment>   '.$route->compile()->getRegex(),
-            '<comment>Host</comment>         '.('' !== $route->getHost() ? $route->getHost() : 'ANY'),
-            '<comment>Host Regex</comment>   '.('' !== $route->getHost() ? $route->compile()->getHostRegex() : ''),
-            '<comment>Scheme</comment>       '.($route->getSchemes() ? implode('|', $route->getSchemes()) : 'ANY'),
-            '<comment>Method</comment>       '.($route->getMethods() ? implode('|', $route->getMethods()) : 'ANY'),
-            '<comment>Class</comment>        '.get_class($route),
-            '<comment>Defaults</comment>     '.$this->formatRouterConfig($route->getDefaults()),
-            '<comment>Requirements</comment> '.($requirements ? $this->formatRouterConfig($requirements) : 'NO CUSTOM'),
-            '<comment>Options</comment>      '.$this->formatRouterConfig($route->getOptions()),
+        $tableHeaders = array('Property', 'Value');
+        $tableRows = array(
+            array('Route Name', $options['name']),
+            array('Path', $route->getPath()),
+            array('Path Regex', $route->compile()->getRegex()),
+            array('Host', ('' !== $route->getHost() ? $route->getHost() : 'ANY')),
+            array('Host Regex', ('' !== $route->getHost() ? $route->compile()->getHostRegex() : '')),
+            array('Scheme', ($route->getSchemes() ? implode('|', $route->getSchemes()) : 'ANY')),
+            array('Method', ($route->getMethods() ? implode('|', $route->getMethods()) : 'ANY')),
+            array('Requirements', ($requirements ? $this->formatRouterConfig($requirements) : 'NO CUSTOM')),
+            array('Class', get_class($route)),
+            array('Defaults', $this->formatRouterConfig($route->getDefaults())),
+            array('Options', $this->formatRouterConfig($route->getOptions())),
         );
 
-        if (isset($options['name'])) {
-            array_unshift($description, '<comment>Name</comment>         '.$options['name']);
-            array_unshift($description, $this->formatSection('router', sprintf('Route "%s"', $options['name'])));
-        }
-
-        $this->writeText(implode("\n", $description)."\n", $options);
+        $table = new Table($this->getOutput());
+        $table->setHeaders($tableHeaders)->setRows($tableRows);
+        $table->render();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -382,23 +387,24 @@ private function renderEventListenerTable(array $eventListeners)
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param array $array
+     * @param array $config
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    private function formatRouterConfig(array $array)
+    private function formatRouterConfig(array $config)
     {
-        if (!count($array)) {
+        if (empty($config)) {
             return 'NONE';
         }
 
-        $string = '';
-        ksort($array);
-        foreach ($array as $name => $value) {
-            $string .= ($string ? "\n".str_repeat(' ', 13) : '').$name.': '.$this->formatValue($value);
+        ksort($config);
+
+        $configAsString = '';
+        foreach ($config as $key => $value) {
+            $configAsString .= sprintf("\n%s: %s", $key, $this->formatValue($value));
         }
 
-        return $string;
+        return trim($configAsString);
     }
 
     /**