Supporters planning to attend Saturday's friendly with Aston Villa are being urged to purchase their tickets in advance to avoid queueing on the day.

The Club is anticipating a large number of matchday purchases, so if you do need to collect or buy tickets on the day, please leave additional time.

The West Stand ticket office will be open from 9am, and the East Stand ticket office from 12.30pm.

The full range of matchday bus services will be running to and from Madejski Stadium for this weekend's friendly meeting with Aston Villa.

There are a few amendments from last season's routes, with fares increasing by 50p as a result of rising fuel costs.

Service 73a from Riseley has been withdrawn due to low usage, and two Stagecoach services have been merged - 950/951 and 954/955 (see below for full timetables).

Reading buses
The Riseley service 73a has been withdrawn, and prices have risen by 50p on each journey:
Adult from £5 to £5.50 outer zone and £4 to £4.50 inner zone
Child from £2.50 to £3 outer zone and £2 to £2.50 inner zone
Shuttle services - Town Centre 79 and Foster Wheeler 77 also up by 50p:
Adult from £3 to £3.50 return - Child from £1.50 to £2 return

70 Sonning Common - Emmer Green
71 Emmer Green - Caversham Church Street
71A Emmer Green - Caversham Library
72 Woodley - Three Tuns
72A Twyford - Charvil - Woodley - Earley
72B Woodley Airfield - Bulmershe Sports Centre
73 Lower Earley - Christchurch Green
74 CavershamPark - Star Inn
74A Henley-on-Thames - Dunsden Green - Star Inn
75 Purley - Tilehurst Triangle - Southcote Road
75A Pangbourne - Goodliffe Gardens - Southcote Road
76 Tilehurst Circular - Sutherland Grove
76A Tilehurst Circular - Waverley Road
77 Shinfield Park (Park & Ride Shuttle)
78 Newbury Bus Station - Thatcham - Woolhampton
79 Reading Station (Shuttle)

Timetables are available by clicking here - please note there will be a new information pack for 2008/9 with new pricing and withdrawal of the Riseley service. More information can be obtained from Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (calls cost 10p per minute from a BT landline).

Outside Reading buses
Buses from outside Reading have been combined, and new services are in place:

951 Basingstoke - Tadley - Burghfield Common (combined former 950 and 951)
952 Farnborough - Yateley - Sandhurst - Crowthorne (shorter route and improved cover)
953 Wokingham - Emmbrook - Winnersh (no change)
954 Bracknell (combined 954 and 955)

Full timetables are available by clicking here for the .pdf file (2.3Mb)

Fares have risen by 50p: Adult from £5 to £5.50, child from £2 to £2.50

Please note all the bus services will stop en route at every pick up point until the last one named before reaching the stadium.

More information can be obtained from Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (calls cost 10p per minute from a BT landline).