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<p>Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted a very Metro Vancouver addition in the highly anticipated season two trailer for <em>The Last of Us. </em></p>
<p>Fans have been awaiting the return of the post-apocalyptic videogame-turned-TV series, and <a href="https://dailyhive.com/victoria/the-last-of-us-season-two-release-month" target="_blank" rel="noopener">earlier this week</a>, HBO dropped the first preview of what&#8217;s to come for Joel and Ellie.</p>
<p>Much of the game takes place in Seattle, which Vancouver and other parts of BC were disguised as for this season. The first season was filmed in Alberta.</p>
<p>While it&#8217;s hard to spot many standout Vancouver landmarks in the 60-second preview, there&#8217;s one quick scene where locals could point out a recognizable mode of transportation.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nice to see those Mark I SkyTrains still being used right up until outbreak day,&#8221; one person shared on the Vancouver subreddit.</p>
<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height: 500px;" data-embed-height="740"><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1hwqw1p/nice_to_see_those_mark_i_skytrains_still_being/">Nice to see those Mark I SkyTrains still being used right up until Outbreak Day</a><br />
by<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kodeki/">u/Kodeki</a> in<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/">vancouver</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Redditor is correct: TransLink&#8217;s old Mark I trains make a cameo in the upcoming season of <em>The Last Of Us. </em></p>
<p>The preview only shows a few seconds, but if you pause the frame, you can see the interior of a Mark I, which has been transformed into an abandoned and scary-looking train car being attacked by the &#8220;infected.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_2092480" style="width: 636px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2092480" class=" wp-image-2092480" src="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-09-at-4.46.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" alt="The Last of Us" width="626" height="312" srcset="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-09-at-4.46.24%E2%80%AFPM.png 718w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-09-at-4.46.24%E2%80%AFPM-500x249.png 500w" sizes="(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2092480" class="wp-caption-text">The Last of Us / (HBO/Screenshot)</p></div>
<div id="attachment_2092479" style="width: 636px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2092479" class=" wp-image-2092479" src="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-09-at-4.46.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" alt="The Last of Us" width="626" height="338" srcset="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-09-at-4.46.51%E2%80%AFPM.png 759w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-09-at-4.46.51%E2%80%AFPM-500x270.png 500w" sizes="(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2092479" class="wp-caption-text">The Last of Us / (HBO/Screenshot)</p></div>
<p>In a statement to Daily Hive, TransLink confirmed that Bear and Pear Productions purchased six of its retired Mark I SkyTrain cars in spring 2024.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t have any details on where filming took place but the SkyTrain cars were rebranded to represent Seattle transit for the production,&#8221; said TransLink&#8217;s senior media relations advisor, Thor Diakow.</p>
<p>&#8220;This partnership is also an example of possible retirement options being explored for our Mark I fleet,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The Mark I trains are SkyTrain&#8217;s oldest cars, dating back to the 1980s and early 1990s. They&#8217;re recognized for their iconic blue and red-striped exterior and interior, which features the same colours.</p>
<p><a href="https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-mark-i-cars-ideas-reuse-proposal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The aging fleet</a> of about 150 Mark I cars is expected to enter retirement before the end of this decade, once TransLink’s new replacement and expanded fleet of 235 new generation Mark V cars arrive.</p>
<p>&#8220;This partnership is also an example of possible retirement options being explored for our Mark I fleet,&#8221; added Diakow.</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Mark I trains have been spotted on screen.</p>
<div id="attachment_240548" style="width: 1082px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-240548" class="size-full wp-image-240548" src="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2017/10/Jason-Voorhees-SkyTrain-Friday-The-13th-Vancouver.jpg" alt="" width="1072" height="550" srcset="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2017/10/Jason-Voorhees-SkyTrain-Friday-The-13th-Vancouver.jpg 1072w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2017/10/Jason-Voorhees-SkyTrain-Friday-The-13th-Vancouver-500x257.jpg 500w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2017/10/Jason-Voorhees-SkyTrain-Friday-The-13th-Vancouver-1024x525.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px" /><p id="caption-attachment-240548" class="wp-caption-text">Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. (Paramount Pictures)</p></div>
<p>You may remember Jason Voorhees from the iconic Friday the 13th franchise terrorizing passengers on SkyTrain (disguised as the New York subway) in the 1989 slasher <em>Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan</em>.</p>
<h2><em>The Last of Us</em> filming spotted around Vancouver</h2>
<p>There&#8217;s been a lot of hype around <em>The Last of Us</em> season two, especially here in Hollywood North, as areas around the city and province were transformed for the show&#8217;s filming throughout 2024.</p>
<div id="attachment_1965124" style="width: 1085px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1965124" class="size-full wp-image-1965124" src="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/05/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver.jpg" alt="The Last of Us Vancouver" width="1075" height="555" srcset="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/05/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver.jpg 1075w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/05/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver-500x258.jpg 500w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/05/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver-1024x529.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1075px) 100vw, 1075px" /><p id="caption-attachment-1965124" class="wp-caption-text">Daily Hive</p></div>
<div id="attachment_2003681" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2003681" class="size-full wp-image-2003681" src="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/07/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver.jpg" alt="The Last of Us Vancouver" width="1200" height="1500" srcset="https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/07/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver.jpg 1200w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/07/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver-400x500.jpg 400w, https://images-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com/uploads/2024/07/The-Last-of-Us-Vancouver-819x1024.jpg 819w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2003681" class="wp-caption-text">Richard N. Liu @richardliu18/X</p></div>
<p><a href="https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/last-of-us-shoot-overgrown-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Last May,</a> parts of the Downtown Eastside were altered to look like an overgrown, abandoned city. Filming also took <a href="https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-last-of-us-season-2-nanaimo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">place in Nanaimo</a> and Chinatown.</p>
<p>While we still don’t know the exact date the first episode of season two will air, the latest trailer says it will be released in April.</p>
<p><em>With files from Amir Ali and Kenneth Chan</em></p>
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Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted a very Vancouver transit addition in the highly anticipated season two trailer for The Last of Us.  