The Football Club, the Supporters' Association and 'First Essex' Bus Services have joined together in partnership to ease supporters' journey to the new Weston Homes Community Stadium and to allow you to pick up your Free Shuttle Bus Service to and from the game.

• Whether you choose to walk or take the bus there, a FREE Shuttle Bus Service from Bruff Close will take you to and from the new stadium to watch all Colchester United matches in their new home.

• For a 3 o'clock kick-off the buses will run from 1pm to take you to the stadium where you can then relax and socialise, have a drink or bite to eat on the spacious concourses before the game and whilst waiting for your bus to return to Bruff Close after the game. The last bus is scheduled to go back to Bruff Close leaving the stadium at 6pm.

• For a 7.45pm kick-off the shuttle buses will run from 6pm at Bruff Close, with the last bus back to Bruff Close leaving the stadium at 10.15pm.

• For games with a different kick-off time, or with the possibility of extra time, revised shuttle bus times will be published well before the relevant game(s).

• For those fans who have a match ticket and have been used to meeting and socialising with their friends in the area of Layer Road a FREE bus service will pick up at 2pm at the Ancient Briton in Shrub End and the Drury Arms in Layer Road, a second FREE bus will leave the "Fat Cat" in Butt Road at 2.05pm, and proceed to the stadium via Bruff Close. For evening games the buses will leave each location at 6.45pm. On boarding the bus give the "Bus In" stub from your match ticket to the driver. After the game these buses will return to Layer Road and Butt Road leaving the stadium at 5.15pm or 10.00pm for an evening game.

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO USE THE FREE SERVICE?
• Either walk to Bruff Close or simply make your way to your nearest Bus Stop, take any FIRST Bus services within the Day Ticket & Borough Card Inner Zone, (see map), to get to and from Bruff Close between 12.30pm and 6.30pm on match days, (between 6pm and 10.30pm for evening games).

• At Bruff Close pick up your FREE Shuttle Service. At present, we are not asking fans to use the bus in/bus out stubs on their tickets, but please take note of pre-match information for each game issued on CU-FC.com.

HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST ME TO GET TO BRUFF CLOSE FROM WITHIN COLCHESTER?
See our Matchday Rover service story elsewhere in the Travel Plan section.

WHERE IS BRUFF CLOSE?
Bruff Close is a short walk from North Station forecourt. Walk down Station Approach and turn left to cross Bergholt Road at the crossing. Continue on to Mile End Road and cross it at the crossing just twenty yards up. Bruff Close is directly in front of you with The Big Yellow Warehouse on the right hand side.