216 Cardiff–Bristol Airport

{{Short description|England-Wales bus route}}

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Route 216 is a bus route that operates between Cardiff, Wales, and Bristol Airport, England, via Cardiff University and Newport railway station.

On 11 March 2013, Greyhound UK extended its service from Swansea to Cardiff to terminate at Bristol Airport.{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Sam |date=2013-01-15 |title=Cardiff Airport: Concern heightens with new bus link to Bristol rival |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-airport-concern-heightens-new-2497245 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}} However, in February 2015 Greyhound UK announced that the Cardiff to Bristol Airport section would be withdrawn.{{Cite web |last=Denholm-Hall |first=Rupert |date=2015-02-03 |title=Greyhound halts bus service between Cardiff and Bristol Airport |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/greyhound-halts-bus-service-between-8571845 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}} Route 216 was introduced in March 2015 as a replacement for the Greyhound service.{{Cite web |last=Barry |first=Sion |date=2015-03-03 |title=New Cardiff to Bristol Airport coach service |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/national-express-launch-new-12-8756931 |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ingham |first=Simon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlf9DwAAQBAJ&dq=216+cardiff+to+bristol+airport&pg=PT15 |title=South Wales Buses in the Twenty-First Century: Variety in the Valleys |date=2020-08-15 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-9665-2 |language=en}} It is operated by Edwards Coaches on behalf of National Express.{{Cite web |last= |date=2015-02-27 |title=Edwards Coaches run directly from Cardiff to Bristol Airport 12 times a day |url=https://www.edwardscoaches.co.uk/2015/02/27/edwards-coaches-run-directly-from-cardiff-to-bristol-airport-12-times-a-day/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Edwards Coaches |language=en-GB}} Route number 216 was chosen to commemorate Concorde 216, the last Concorde aircraft to complete a safe flight.{{Cite web |title=Concorde 216 moves into its purpose-built-hangar |url=https://www.renishaw.com/resourcecentre/en/details?data=88842&lang=gen |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Renishaw}}{{Cite web |title=National Express keeps wheels turning on Bristol Airport service |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/leisure/escape/11847073.national-express-keeps-wheels-turning-on-bristol-airport-service/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=South Wales Argus |language=en}}

Six buses operate in each direction per day.{{Cite web |title=Route 216, Bristol Airport to Cardiff |url=https://timetables.nationalexpress.com/routes/NX/216/Bristol_Airport-Cardiff/O |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=National Express Timetables}}