JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ CSX Corp. (CSX) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $968 million.

On a per-share basis, the Jacksonville, Florida-based company said it had net income of 43 cents.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 38 cents per share.

The freight railroad posted revenue of $3.29 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.03 billion.

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