I regularly hear people say stuff like โI would like to take the train, but the flight was cheapestโ. โYou know, iโd take the train, but with switching twice and 8 hoursโฆ and the flight was only a bit more expensiveโ
There is still a lot of convenience over actual need.
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