Eugène Flachat
Eugène Flachat was a French civil engineer.
Eugène Flachat and his half-brother Stéphane Mony built the railway line from Paris to Saint Germain between 1833 and 1835. They also built the Paris-Versailles Right Bank railway.
Eugène Flachat built the first railroad station in Paris. He remembered today for redesigning the Gare Saint-Lazare railway station in Paris in 1851 and other railroad related projects. He died in Arcachon. A street in Paris is named after him. His name is one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower.
