diff --git a/packages/router/src/navigation_transition.ts b/packages/router/src/navigation_transition.ts
index 4e6f819e937..e37d1b0ed27 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/navigation_transition.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/navigation_transition.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
  */
 
 import {Location} from '@angular/common';
-import {Injectable, NgModuleRef, Type} from '@angular/core';
+import {inject, Injectable, NgModuleRef, Type} from '@angular/core';
 import {BehaviorSubject, combineLatest, EMPTY, Observable, of, Subject} from 'rxjs';
 import {catchError, defaultIfEmpty, filter, finalize, map, switchMap, take, tap} from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 import {createRouterState} from './create_router_state';
-import {Event, GuardsCheckEnd, GuardsCheckStart, NavigationCancel, NavigationCancellationCode, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationSkipped, NavigationSkippedCode, NavigationStart, NavigationTrigger, ResolveEnd, ResolveStart, RoutesRecognized} from './events';
-import {NavigationBehaviorOptions, QueryParamsHandling, Routes} from './models';
+import {Event, GuardsCheckEnd, GuardsCheckStart, NavigationCancel, NavigationCancellationCode, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationSkipped, NavigationSkippedCode, NavigationStart, NavigationTrigger, ResolveEnd, ResolveStart, RouteConfigLoadEnd, RouteConfigLoadStart, RoutesRecognized} from './events';
+import {NavigationBehaviorOptions, QueryParamsHandling, Route, Routes} from './models';
 import {isNavigationCancelingError, isRedirectingNavigationCancelingError, redirectingNavigationError} from './navigation_canceling_error';
 import {activateRoutes} from './operators/activate_routes';
 import {applyRedirects} from './operators/apply_redirects';
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ interface InternalRouterInterface {
   rawUrlTree: UrlTree;
   transitions: BehaviorSubject<NavigationTransition>;
   navigationId: number;
-  configLoader: RouterConfigLoader;
   ngModule: NgModuleRef<any>;
   readonly routerState: RouterState;
   errorHandler: ErrorHandler;
@@ -299,6 +298,14 @@ export class NavigationTransitions {
   currentNavigation: Navigation|null = null;
   lastSuccessfulNavigation: Navigation|null = null;
   readonly events = new Subject<Event>();
+  private readonly configLoader = inject(RouterConfigLoader);
+
+  constructor() {
+    const onLoadStart = (r: Route) => this.events.next(new RouteConfigLoadStart(r));
+    const onLoadEnd = (r: Route) => this.events.next(new RouteConfigLoadEnd(r));
+    this.configLoader.onLoadEndListener = onLoadEnd;
+    this.configLoader.onLoadStartListener = onLoadStart;
+  }
 
   setupNavigations(transitions: Observable<NavigationTransition>, router: InternalRouterInterface):
       Observable<NavigationTransition> {
@@ -380,7 +387,7 @@ export class NavigationTransitions {
 
                                  // ApplyRedirects
                                  applyRedirects(
-                                     router.ngModule.injector, router.configLoader,
+                                     router.ngModule.injector, this.configLoader,
                                      router.urlSerializer, router.config),
 
                                  // Update the currentNavigation
@@ -556,7 +563,7 @@ export class NavigationTransitions {
                                  const loaders: Array<Observable<void>> = [];
                                  if (route.routeConfig?.loadComponent &&
                                      !route.routeConfig._loadedComponent) {
-                                   loaders.push(router.configLoader.loadComponent(route.routeConfig)
+                                   loaders.push(this.configLoader.loadComponent(route.routeConfig)
                                                     .pipe(
                                                         tap(loadedComponent => {
                                                           route.component = loadedComponent;
diff --git a/packages/router/src/router.ts b/packages/router/src/router.ts
index f158c93a0e2..cd83849bb25 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/router.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ import {BehaviorSubject, Observable, of, SubscriptionLike} from 'rxjs';
 
 import {createUrlTree} from './create_url_tree';
 import {RuntimeErrorCode} from './errors';
-import {Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationCancellationCode, NavigationTrigger, RouteConfigLoadEnd, RouteConfigLoadStart} from './events';
-import {NavigationBehaviorOptions, OnSameUrlNavigation, Route, Routes} from './models';
+import {Event, NavigationTrigger} from './events';
+import {NavigationBehaviorOptions, OnSameUrlNavigation, Routes} from './models';
 import {Navigation, NavigationExtras, NavigationTransition, NavigationTransitions, RestoredState, UrlCreationOptions} from './navigation_transition';
 import {TitleStrategy} from './page_title_strategy';
 import {RouteReuseStrategy} from './route_reuse_strategy';
 import {ErrorHandler, ExtraOptions, ROUTER_CONFIGURATION} from './router_config';
-import {RouterConfigLoader, ROUTES} from './router_config_loader';
+import {ROUTES} from './router_config_loader';
 import {ChildrenOutletContexts} from './router_outlet_context';
 import {createEmptyState, RouterState} from './router_state';
 import {Params} from './shared';
@@ -202,8 +202,6 @@ export class Router {
     return (this.location.getState() as RestoredState | null)?.ɵrouterPageId;
   }
   /** @internal */
-  configLoader: RouterConfigLoader;
-  /** @internal */
   ngModule: NgModuleRef<any>;
   private console: Console;
   private isNgZoneEnabled: boolean = false;
@@ -368,12 +366,6 @@ export class Router {
       compiler: Compiler,
       public config: Routes,
   ) {
-    const onLoadStart = (r: Route) => this.triggerEvent(new RouteConfigLoadStart(r));
-    const onLoadEnd = (r: Route) => this.triggerEvent(new RouteConfigLoadEnd(r));
-    this.configLoader = injector.get(RouterConfigLoader);
-    this.configLoader.onLoadEndListener = onLoadEnd;
-    this.configLoader.onLoadStartListener = onLoadStart;
-
     this.ngModule = injector.get(NgModuleRef);
     this.console = injector.get(Console);
     const ngZone = injector.get(NgZone);
@@ -496,10 +488,6 @@ export class Router {
     return this.navigationTransitions.currentNavigation;
   }
 
-  private triggerEvent(event: Event): void {
-    this.navigationTransitions.events.next(event);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Resets the route configuration used for navigation and generating links.
    *