Loudoun Silver Line station names finalized with Metro board approval

Just closing the loop on what turned out to be an anti-climactic search for the names that will don two of the three Loudoun County Silver Line stations.

The Metro board on Thursday, unanimously and without discussion, approved “Loudoun Gateway” for the Route 606 station, and “Ashburn” for the Route 772 station. They are the same names the Loudoun board picked last month.

Ashburn and Loudoun Gateway will join the pre-ordained Washington Dulles International Airport (which, really, is Loudoun’s…