This series had potential, but I suppose the budget wouldn't allow it to see that potential. An interesting setup, not dissimilar to "lost" it falls flat after the 1st episode. The whole series, 6 episodes, could have made a compelling 90 minute film, but the makers chose to drag it on and on. Many of the scenes were unbearably slow and long without moving the action forward. The music was very annoying and did not work overall. There were few characters we cared about as their characters did not grow during the time frame--- well, one grew a bit. The ending was as terrible as the rest of series. The only kudos here is to the art dept and set dressers, they created an interesting look, too bad the writer and director lacked the foresight to do something interesting with that element

Watching this mini series almost 6 years after it was broadcast, didn't take anything away from what was originally intended. At a time when Lost (series 1) and the 4400 (series 2) were airing, this repeat on the SciFi Channel was a very welcome break from middle of the road, big budget American attempts at gripping SciFi.The plot may not be as air-tight as it could be but it still has you hanging on the edge of your seat and these little things just pass by without you noticing.What really impressed was the series' "grittyness" and it doesn't think twice about killing off main characters at the peak of their storyline.I highly recommend this series for anyone - not just SciFi fans. Its age doesn't show at all!!

This got off to a fairly good start and was willing to overlook the silly plot device of having the heroine putting the passengers into suspended animation . The scenes as the survivors gradually thaw out and search through the devestated landscape of Britain are well done , but as the series progress we have bigger and bigger " How are our heroes going to get out of this " setpieces which come across as just plain silly I was expecting this to be along the lines of John Christopher`s THE DEATH OF GRASS or John Wyndham`s DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS or Terry Nation`s SURVIVORS . In many way`s THE LAST TRAIN does mirror SURVIVORS but the whole series seems to be a tribute to Terry Nation , especially his setpiece work on DOCTOR WHO and BLAKES 7 which means that THE LAST TRAIN is certainly entertaining but extremely uneven .Still this show is superior to the BBC`s sci-fi blockbuster INVASION EARTH which was broadcast round about the same time

This six-part mini-series does a good job of describing the journey of a group of individuals that survive an apocalyptic event in modern-day Britain. The tone is dark and depressing, and the writer develops the hopelessness of the story quite well, particularly as the main characters come to realize the brutal reality of the situation that they find themselves in. The acting is reasonable, but is generally overshadowed by the story itself.Certainly not an uplifting story, but recommended for fans of this sort of thing.