Even if people of BBS compare this train with Rajdhani, then also there is a difference of 10 hrs. People of delhi are not interested to go banaras with this train. Instead, overnight gangs are preferred. And even people of puri/bbs have more better option to go for delhi than this train. Even though now a days, this train punctuality is good, but almost 10 yrs back, this train broke records of delays. Max to max this train ran 48 hrs late.