THE launch of a new multi-operator bus ticket should make journeys more straight forward from next week.

Worcestershire County Council has worked with commercial operators, who are funding scheme, to develop the Connecta tickets, which will offer passengers the chance to pay one price, for one daily or weekly ticket giving unlimited travel on all services.

It will end the need for people to pay for separate tickets on services run by the 42 operators in Worcestershire from Tuesday, April 2 and allow them to hop on and off buses.

Andy Baker, the county council's transport planning and commissioning manager, said: "It's taken a great deal of planning to get to this point but I'm delighted the hard work has paid off.

“The Connecta tickets are a real breakthrough for residents using buses in Worcestershire as they will make things a lot simpler and, even more importantly, will help a number of passengers keep cash in their pockets.”

Mr Baker added: "This launch represents the removal of one of the major barriers when it comes to bus travel and we want as many people as possible to take advantage of the new tickets."

The City Connecta will be available priced at £4 a day and £13 a week, while the County Connecta will travel along every route for £6.50 a day or £21.50 a week.

Area tickets for Redditch and Wyre Forest will also be available.

For more information, go to worcestershire.gov.uk/connecta.