Appendix A – Scoring criteria

Introduction

East London Line Phase 2 services between Dalston Junction and ClaphamJunction will start operating in 2012, completing the Overground orbital network. Atthe same time, the existing South London Line service between London Bridge andVictoria will cease to operate because Thameslink programme construction workswill be commencing at London Bridge which reduces the capacity available for terminating services. Some stations on the South London Line will thereforeexperience a reduction or loss of services to Victoria.A study is currently underway to identify whether any service changes can beimplemented which would enable this gap to be mitigated. A long list of potentialschemes has been developed. This long list will be sifted to create a short list of schemes that are potentially viable. The short listed schemes will then be assessedin more detail to determine whether they are operationally feasible, the capital cost of implementing them and the ongoing operating cost, as well as the forecast revenuegenerated and the social benefits that would result from their implementation. Thebest option(s) can then be identified.This note describes a proposed scoring methodology which would allow the long listof schemes to be reduced to a short list.

Overview of proposed methodology

The methodology proposed takes into account five different sets of scores whichfocus on different areas of the sifting:

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fit with Mayoral transport objectives

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whether the scheme addresses some or all of the post-SLL service gaps ateach relevant station

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the scale of impact upon passengers of the scheme

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the indicative cost of the scheme

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the deliverability of the schemeThe methodology proposed is similar to that adopted in TfL’s Rail Corridor Plans,with the key modifications being scoring of the schemes against the specific servicegaps at each station and the use of the latest Mayoral transport objectives beingdeveloped for the new Mayor’s Transport Strategy (MTS). The scoring for theprevious RCP work used central Government objectives, Mayoral London Planobjectives and TfL strategic priorities instead of MTS objectives.A score will be developed using the MTS objectives and station gaps and this is thenweighted using the scale of impact and indicative cost criteria to develop an overallscore. The calculation proposed is described later in this note. This score will then beused in association with a deliverability score. The deliverability score will in effectdetermine whether or not the scheme can go ahead. If a scheme scores highly interms of transport benefits but is not considered to be deliverable it will therefore notbe short listed.

Each section of the scoring methodology will now be described in more detail.

Fit with Mayoral transport objectives

There are five objectives being included in the new MTS. A scoring system has beendeveloped based on these objectives. Because the scoring in this area is fairlysubjective, the scoring is simple with a score of 1 (low impact), 2 (medium impact) or 3 (high impact) adopted. This is described in Table 1.

Table 1 MTS objectives scoringObjective Low = 1 Medium = 2 High = 3 Notes

EconomicdevelopmentDoes notincreasecapacitySmallincreases incapacitySignificantincreases incapacityConsider: does theincrease in capacity(infrastructure,frequency or traincapacity) targetspecific overcrowdingproblem areas?Quality of life No impact or has quality of lifedisbenefitsSmallquality of lifebenefitsSignificantquality of lifebenefitsConsider: noise, localair quality, townscape,landscape, physicalfitness and journeyambienceSafety andsecurityNo impact or has safetyand securitydisbenefitsSmall safetyand securitybenefitsSignificantsafety andsecuritybenefitsConsider: accidentsand passenger securityTransportopportunitiesfor allLondonersNo impact or hasopportunitydisbenefitsSmallopportunitybenefitsSignificantopportunitybenefitsConsider: transportavailability to minoritygroups, elderly,mobility impaired, lowincome, unemployed,areas of deprivationClimatechangeNo impact or has climatechangedisbenefitsSmallclimatechangebenefitsSignificantclimatechangebenefitsConsider: CO

emissionsThe scores here will be added together to give a total score out of 15 for meetingMTS objectives.

Addressing station gaps

There are six stations affected by the reduction or loss of services to Victoria: SouthBermondsey, Queens Road Peckham, Peckham Rye, Denmark Hill, Clapham HighStreet and Wandsworth Road. At Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill whilst there is anoverall increase in service frequency, the service to Victoria is reduced by 2 tphbetween 08:00 and 20:00 on weekdays and Saturdays, and there is no Victoriaservice before 08:00 and after 20:00 on weekdays and Saturdays or all day on

Sundays. At South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham, Clapham High Street andWandsworth Road there is no longer any Victoria service under current plans.A scoring system has been developed to identify whether the proposed scheme onthe long list addresses the gaps at these locations. As the gap and all schemes havethe same effect on Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road stations (andbecause passenger demand at these stations is considerably less than at PeckhamRye and Denmark Hill) these stations will be considered together. Likewise SouthBermondsey and Queens Road Peckham will be considered together as the number of passengers from these stations currently travelling to Victoria is lower than atPeckham Rye and Denmark Hill.The proposed scoring is shown in Table 2. Again, a score out of 3 is applied to eachstation(s).

Table 2 Station gaps scoringStations Low = 1 Medium = 2 High = 3 Notes

SouthBermondsey /Queens RoadPeckhamDoes notaddressgap atthesestationsPartiallyaddressesgap at thesestationsFullyaddressesgap at thesestationsGap: loss of Victoriaservice at all timesPeckham Rye Does notaddressgap at thisstationPartiallyaddressesgap at thisstationFullyaddressesgap at thisstationGaps: reduction inVictoria service08:00-20:00weekdays andSaturdays, loss of Victoria service atother timesDenmark Hill Does notaddressgap at thisstationPartiallyaddressesgap at thisstationFullyaddressesgap at thisstationGaps: reduction inVictoria service08:00-20:00weekdays andSaturdays, loss of Victoria service atother timesClapham HighStreet /WandsworthRoadDoes notaddressgap atthesestationsPartiallyaddressesgap at thesestationsFullyaddressesgap at thesestationsGap: loss of Victoriaservice at all timesAgain, these scores will be added together to give a score out of 12. As addressingthe gaps is considered to be at least twice as important as meeting the MTSobjectives, an overall factor of 2 will be applied to weight these scores accordingly.