M25 motorway and Thurrock off junction 31 (to the east of London). Cobham services opened on 13 September 2012. Originally, the M25 was unlit except for sections around Heathrow, major interchanges and Junctions 23–30. Originally, low pressure sodium (SOX) lighting was the most prominent technology used, but widening projects from the 1990s onwards have all used high-pressure sodium (SON) lighting and this has diminished the original installations. By 2014 only one significant stretch was still SOX-lit (Junction 25–26) and the units were removed the same year. The motorway passes through five counties. Junctions 1A–5 are in Kent, 6–14 are in Surrey, 15–16
London Underground engineering stock London Underground engineering stock Over the years, London Underground has acquired various types of engineering stock to help with the construction of new lines and maintenance of existing lines. Some of these wagons were inherited from its predecessors, many were built new and some were acquired second-hand from the main-line railways. Several types of specialist wagons have been used, which are described below. London Underground uses a numbering system comprising the wagon number prefixed with a letter which designates the wagon's type. These are summarised below. London Underground has used various designs of brake van. They were used for the