diff --git a/src/ol/source/tiledwmssource.js b/src/ol/source/tiledwmssource.js
index 9de3627372..6264220212 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/tiledwmssource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/tiledwmssource.js
@@ -22,20 +22,19 @@ ol.source.TiledWMS = function(tiledWMSOptions) {
     tileGrid = tiledWMSOptions.tileGrid;
   }
 
-  var tileUrlFunction;
-  if (tiledWMSOptions.urls) {
+  var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.nullTileUrlFunction;
+  var urls = tiledWMSOptions.urls;
+  if (!goog.isDef(urls) && goog.isDef(tiledWMSOptions.url)) {
+    urls = ol.TileUrlFunction.expandUrl(tiledWMSOptions.url);
+  }
+  if (goog.isDef(urls)) {
     var tileUrlFunctions = goog.array.map(
-        tiledWMSOptions.urls, function(url) {
+        urls, function(url) {
           return ol.TileUrlFunction.createWMSParams(
               url, tiledWMSOptions.params);
         });
     tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTileUrlFunctions(
         tileUrlFunctions);
-  } else if (tiledWMSOptions.url) {
-    tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createWMSParams(
-        tiledWMSOptions.url, tiledWMSOptions.params);
-  } else {
-    tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.nullTileUrlFunction;
   }
   var transparent = goog.isDef(tiledWMSOptions.params['TRANSPARENT']) ?
       tiledWMSOptions.params['TRANSPARENT'] : true;
diff --git a/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
index cd5b1b8a85..8aea728a21 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/wmtssource.js
@@ -66,25 +66,6 @@ ol.source.WMTS = function(wmtsOptions) {
     goog.object.extend(kvpParams, context);
   }
 
-  // TODO: factorize the code below so that it is usable by all sources
-  var urls = wmtsOptions.urls;
-  if (!goog.isDef(urls)) {
-    urls = [];
-    var url = wmtsOptions.url;
-    goog.asserts.assert(goog.isDef(url));
-    var match = /\{(\d)-(\d)\}/.exec(url) || /\{([a-z])-([a-z])\}/.exec(url);
-    if (match) {
-      var startCharCode = match[1].charCodeAt(0);
-      var stopCharCode = match[2].charCodeAt(0);
-      var charCode;
-      for (charCode = startCharCode; charCode <= stopCharCode; ++charCode) {
-        urls.push(url.replace(match[0], String.fromCharCode(charCode)));
-      }
-    } else {
-      urls.push(url);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * @param {string} template Template.
    * @return {ol.TileUrlFunctionType} Tile URL function.
@@ -113,16 +94,23 @@ ol.source.WMTS = function(wmtsOptions) {
     };
   }
 
-  var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTileUrlFunctions(
-      goog.array.map(urls, function(url) {
-        if (goog.isDef(kvpParams)) {
-          // TODO: we may want to create our own appendParams function
-          // so that params order conforms to wmts spec guidance,
-          // and so that we can avoid to escape special template params
-          url = goog.uri.utils.appendParamsFromMap(url, kvpParams);
-        }
-        return createFromWMTSTemplate(url);
-      }));
+  var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.nullTileUrlFunction;
+  var urls = wmtsOptions.urls;
+  if (!goog.isDef(urls) && goog.isDef(wmtsOptions.url)) {
+    urls = ol.TileUrlFunction.expandUrl(wmtsOptions.url);
+  }
+  if (goog.isDef(urls)) {
+    tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTileUrlFunctions(
+        goog.array.map(urls, function(url) {
+          if (goog.isDef(kvpParams)) {
+            // TODO: we may want to create our own appendParams function
+            // so that params order conforms to wmts spec guidance,
+            // and so that we can avoid to escape special template params
+            url = goog.uri.utils.appendParamsFromMap(url, kvpParams);
+          }
+          return createFromWMTSTemplate(url);
+        }));
+  }
 
   tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.withTileCoordTransform(
       function(tileCoord, tileGrid, projection) {
diff --git a/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js b/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js
index 66e17eed56..612e6eadc4 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/xyzsource.js
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ ol.source.XYZ = function(xyzOptions) {
   } else if (goog.isDef(xyzOptions.urls)) {
     tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplates(xyzOptions.urls);
   } else if (goog.isDef(xyzOptions.url)) {
-    tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplate(xyzOptions.url);
+    tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplates(
+        ol.TileUrlFunction.expandUrl(xyzOptions.url));
   }
 
   var tileGrid = new ol.tilegrid.XYZ({
diff --git a/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js b/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js
index 209febe19c..f041b5f184 100644
--- a/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js
+++ b/src/ol/tileurlfunction.js
@@ -20,28 +20,15 @@ ol.TileUrlFunctionType;
  * @return {ol.TileUrlFunctionType} Tile URL function.
  */
 ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplate = function(template) {
-  var match =
-      /\{(\d)-(\d)\}/.exec(template) || /\{([a-z])-([a-z])\}/.exec(template);
-  if (match) {
-    var templates = [];
-    var startCharCode = match[1].charCodeAt(0);
-    var stopCharCode = match[2].charCodeAt(0);
-    var charCode;
-    for (charCode = startCharCode; charCode <= stopCharCode; ++charCode) {
-      templates.push(template.replace(match[0], String.fromCharCode(charCode)));
+  return function(tileCoord) {
+    if (goog.isNull(tileCoord)) {
+      return undefined;
+    } else {
+      return template.replace('{z}', tileCoord.z)
+                      .replace('{x}', tileCoord.x)
+                      .replace('{y}', tileCoord.y);
     }
-    return ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplates(templates);
-  } else {
-    return function(tileCoord) {
-      if (goog.isNull(tileCoord)) {
-        return undefined;
-      } else {
-        return template.replace('{z}', tileCoord.z)
-                       .replace('{x}', tileCoord.x)
-                       .replace('{y}', tileCoord.y);
-      }
-    };
-  }
+  };
 };
 
 
@@ -120,3 +107,24 @@ ol.TileUrlFunction.withTileCoordTransform =
     }
   };
 };
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} url Url.
+ * @return {Array.<string>} Array of urls.
+ */
+ol.TileUrlFunction.expandUrl = function(url) {
+  var urls = [];
+  var match = /\{(\d)-(\d)\}/.exec(url) || /\{([a-z])-([a-z])\}/.exec(url);
+  if (match) {
+    var startCharCode = match[1].charCodeAt(0);
+    var stopCharCode = match[2].charCodeAt(0);
+    var charCode;
+    for (charCode = startCharCode; charCode <= stopCharCode; ++charCode) {
+      urls.push(url.replace(match[0], String.fromCharCode(charCode)));
+    }
+  } else {
+    urls.push(url);
+  }
+  return urls;
+};
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js b/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js
index 5cd059bcd4..5181df44a7 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/tileurlfunction.test.js
@@ -2,37 +2,54 @@ goog.provide('ol.test.TileUrlFunction');
 
 describe('ol.TileUrlFunction', function() {
 
+  describe('expandUrl', function() {
+    describe('with number range', function() {
+      it('creates expected URLs', function() {
+        var template = 'http://tile-{1-3}/{z}/{x}/{y}';
+        var urls = ol.TileUrlFunction.expandUrl(template);
+        expect(urls).to.eql([
+          'http://tile-1/{z}/{x}/{y}',
+          'http://tile-2/{z}/{x}/{y}',
+          'http://tile-3/{z}/{x}/{y}'
+        ]);
+      });
+    });
+    describe('with character range', function() {
+      it('creates expected URLs', function() {
+        var template = 'http://tile-{c-e}/{z}/{x}/{y}';
+        var urls = ol.TileUrlFunction.expandUrl(template);
+        expect(urls).to.eql([
+          'http://tile-c/{z}/{x}/{y}',
+          'http://tile-d/{z}/{x}/{y}',
+          'http://tile-e/{z}/{x}/{y}'
+        ]);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('createFromTemplate', function() {
     it('creates expected URL', function() {
       var tileUrl = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplate('{z}/{x}/{y}');
       expect(tileUrl(new ol.TileCoord(3, 2, 1))).to.eql('3/2/1');
       expect(tileUrl(null)).to.be(undefined);
     });
-    describe('with number range', function() {
-      it('creates expected URL', function() {
-        var template = 'http://tile-{1-3}/{z}/{x}/{y}';
-        var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplate(template);
-        var tileCoord = new ol.TileCoord(3, 2, 1);
-        tileCoord.hash = function() { return 3; };
-        expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-1/3/2/1');
-        tileCoord.hash = function() { return 2; };
-        expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-3/3/2/1');
-        tileCoord.hash = function() { return 1; };
-        expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-2/3/2/1');
-      });
-    });
-    describe('with character range', function() {
-      it('creates expected URL', function() {
-        var template = 'http://tile-{c-e}/{z}/{x}/{y}';
-        var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplate(template);
-        var tileCoord = new ol.TileCoord(3, 2, 1);
-        tileCoord.hash = function() { return 3; };
-        expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-c/3/2/1');
-        tileCoord.hash = function() { return 2; };
-        expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-e/3/2/1');
-        tileCoord.hash = function() { return 1; };
-        expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-d/3/2/1');
-      });
+  });
+
+  describe('createFromTemplates', function() {
+    it('creates expected URL', function() {
+      var templates = [
+        'http://tile-1/{z}/{x}/{y}',
+        'http://tile-2/{z}/{x}/{y}',
+        'http://tile-3/{z}/{x}/{y}'
+      ];
+      var tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplates(templates);
+      var tileCoord = new ol.TileCoord(3, 2, 1);
+      tileCoord.hash = function() { return 3; };
+      expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-1/3/2/1');
+      tileCoord.hash = function() { return 2; };
+      expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-3/3/2/1');
+      tileCoord.hash = function() { return 1; };
+      expect(tileUrlFunction(tileCoord)).to.eql('http://tile-2/3/2/1');
     });
   });