Amtrak may soon be stopping in a town near you. A plan is in the works to return passenger rail service to Idaho. And as Channel 3 Eyewitness news reporter Sarah Schwabe reports, this service isn't new to Pocatello.

A passenger rail service use to run through the Gate City up until 1997, when a lack of interest forced Amtrak to shut down the line. Now the question is, is it worth the risk for Amtrak to make a come back?

It's been over a decade since a passenger train rolled into Pocatello.

"As a kid, I use to ride it all the time back and forth from Pocatello to Glen's Ferry on the weekends to see my grandparents," says Greater Pocatello Chamber of Commerce chairman Loren Azzola.

Now state officials are considering reviving the Pioneer Train, which once connected Pocatello, and other Idaho cities to Seattle, Chicago and Denver. That is if Amtrak decides there would be enough passengers to bring back the service.

"Our community as a whole is growing, more people, more people need to be transported, more options to transport," says Azzola.

"Last time, gas was cheaper and it just wasn't convenient," says Pocatello Mayor Roger Chase.

Mayor Chase thinks the route would be more successful this time around.

"It's a lot better for the roads, for the environment if people were to ride on trains. Trains are more fuel efficient for the number of passengers they can carry, so we'd be excited to see it happen," says Mayor Chase.

With this year's pain at the pump, many residents are also jumping on the bandwagon.

"I think it would be a great idea so that people have more options out there for travel," says supporter Cyndi Bartholomew.

But others think the service is bound to fail, just like it did ten years ago.

"I don't think they should bring it back because it can't support itself and it shouldn't be a burden on the taxpayers," says Fred Lapham.

Senator Mike Crapo is considering co-sponsoring a bill in the Senate to promote Amtrak's return. The bill was initially sponsored by a New Jersey Senator, and could go to a vote before the end of this year.