Unfortunately the train routes from the Netherlands to, say, Portugal, Spain, Italy, or eastern Europe are not well developed enough yet. The train is great in the directions of Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, and London, but beyond that it often takes longer than flying and often requires multiple tickets
I regularly hear people say stuff like βI would like to take the train, but the flight was cheapestβ. βYou know, iβd take the train, but with switching twice and 8 hoursβ¦ and the flight was only a bit more expensiveβ
There is still a lot of convenience over actual need.