As far as pilgrims are concerned this train was considered as one of the highly demanded trains of Indian Railways. I still remember those days when people have to book a ticket at least 3 months before to get a confirm seat. 300/400 + WL tickets were booked in this train. Still IR has not started this express. It's the only train from Odisha(traveling through 10 districts) to connect Shirdi directly. People are now suffering a lot and eagerly awaiting for the date when this much needed train will start running on track again !