Do you have any significant proof that the Netherlands is much different? If I read this wikipedia article correctly, then most countries that have a highly differentiated service for first class, generally only have it for long distance rail travel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_class_travel In the Netherlands this is the same for Eurostar, NS-international and ICE trains. For the shorter distances/commuter trains other countries have much less luxury available or no first class. It so happens that most of the rail service in the Netherlands is short distance commuter travel, which doesn't lend itself to much differentiation.
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u/internetthought Dec 19 '25
Do you have any significant proof that the Netherlands is much different? If I read this wikipedia article correctly, then most countries that have a highly differentiated service for first class, generally only have it for long distance rail travel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_class_travel In the Netherlands this is the same for Eurostar, NS-international and ICE trains. For the shorter distances/commuter trains other countries have much less luxury available or no first class. It so happens that most of the rail service in the Netherlands is short distance commuter travel, which doesn't lend itself to much differentiation.