The Last Train (Cruel Earth in Canada) is a British six-part serial, a post-apocalyptic drama first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999.

They wrongly believe weeks, then months, then just 14 years have passed whilst they were frozen in time before eventually finding out the devastating truth.

It is revealed that the passenger with the gas canister, Harriet Ambrose (Nicola Walker), knew of the incoming asteroid strike and had been on her way to a top-secret government project known as Ark.

On the way, they must deal with the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world, such as feral dog packs and tribes of seemingly hostile humans—children of the few original survivors.

Settings: In the United States, the Fox Network purchased the rights to produce a new version of the series soon after its original 1999 UK transmission.