strategies for improving indian railways market share of port based coal traffic a diagnostic study g raghuram 1 sanjay verma k l dixit 2 and sanjeevan kapshe abstract india is vast country after its independence in 1947 it steadily lost position international trade with the beginning economic liberalization 1991 has taken new initiatives integrating itself world economy import restrictions have been removed many commodities one major impacts on infrastructure roadways ports airports significant changes also place composition imported exported due to these challenges are being faced front rectify mismatch available at where modal change that either or takes this paper examines such issues specific focus required integration achieved by focusing which commodity i brings revenues ii witnessing increasing imports we discuss problems