Do other places have rail systems like the LSTAR? Do they have agencies like Lone Star Rail District?

There are currently more than two-dozen regional passenger rail systems in North America, ranging from well-established names like New York’s Long Island Rail Road to new and popular services like New Mexico’s Rail Runner Express. Right now, Dallas/Fort Worth’s Trinity Railway Express is the only regional passenger system in Texas. These systems are organized, governed and operated in a number of different ways, but the Lone Star Rail District model is unique in being an independent partnership that represents a number of jurisdictions, with accountability through them to the public at large, and in being solely focused on regional rail service.  more