Late trains added for the Mariners’ playoff crowds

The transit authority will run trains until 1 a.m. from Harbor Park station on game nights.

Crowds on the escalators of a busy station concourse

The Port Avalon Transit Authority will run trains every eight minutes until 1 a.m. from Harbor Park station on home playoff nights, after crowds waited up to 50 minutes for the last service after Game 1.

The authority said the extra trains would cost about $40,000 a night. The Mariners have agreed to pay half.