Angular 2 reload route on param change

You can change the routeReuseStrategy directly at the component level:

constructor(private router: Router) {

      // force route reload whenever params change;
      this.router.routeReuseStrategy.shouldReuseRoute = () => false;

}

Likewise, the reuse strategy can be changed globally.

This does not necessarily address your problem directly but seeing how this question is the first search result for "angular 2 reload url if query params change" it might save the next person from digging through the github issues.

As per the first final release, this is resolved.

Just pay much attention to correctly reset the state of the component when the parameter changes

this.route.params.subscribe(params => {
    this.param = params['yourParam'];
    this.initialiseState(); // reset and set based on new parameter this time
});