Urbis zx3s are one of favourite street lights. They were very popular in the uk and there are quite a few of them on the M25. They can come with white or black canopies.

M25

These urbis ZX3s are on the M25. They were installed in 1996 on the M25 widening scheme in 1996.

Here is a better picture of the ZX3s.

These Urbis zx3s are on the M25. They have white canopies and no photocell, instead, they are group-controlled. They also have flat-glass and are on 14m columns.

This poor zx3 (the one on the right) has lost its canopy. You can see the reflector and the 400w SON control gear.

Sadly, these ZX3s on the M25 are probably going to be removed in about 2 years as national highways are trying to save energy. Most of them have been switched off now.

A30

Here is a post-top urbis zx3. They are group controlled, just like the other ones on the M25.

Here you can see that it is not great to mount zx3s post-top, as their post-top mounting system is not great, or that the grub screws haven’t been tightened correctly. These ones are misaligned with the road! I can see from google maps that these zx3s were installed between 2008 and 2012. The ampera has been removed, as they were starting to fail and they use a Harvard node and Surrey don’t use those nodes anymore.

Another urbis zx3 on the A30.

A3

These urbis zx3s are on the A3, on very short stud brackets. I think they run 400w or 250w SON-T bulbs. About 1 or 2 have got no back canopy.

Here is a stretch of zx3s on the A3.

Here is one with no back canopy.

Elmsleigh car park, staines

This urbis ZX3 is in the Elmsleigh car park, Staines. It is the rarer zebra version, and has a off-centered lamp holder. It runs on a CDO-TT lamp, and it was Dayburning for a while, but it stopped Dayburning. The lantern has been fixed or it has stopped working. I am trying to save this lantern.

Oxford street, London

This black-canopied urbis zx3 is on Oxford street, London. It is the last remaining SON lantern on Oxford street. It is on a CU column, and it was installed between 2008 and 2012.