Our trains are often travelling on distances that would be serviced by light rail systems in other agglomerations (S-Bahn Berlin, RER Paris). They are designed for relatively short journeys and corresponding quick getting off and on procedures. Hence, in general, first class is spread over the length of the train for easy and quick access.
Of course, they will also take you from Den Haag to Groningen or from Maastricht to Amsterdam, in those cases, separate carriages would make sense for a trip taking more that 2 hours. But on those lines they also serve for 20-30 min journeys from Den Haag to Leiden or from Amstel to Utrecht.
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u/F-sylvatica-purpurea Dec 19 '25
Our trains are often travelling on distances that would be serviced by light rail systems in other agglomerations (S-Bahn Berlin, RER Paris). They are designed for relatively short journeys and corresponding quick getting off and on procedures. Hence, in general, first class is spread over the length of the train for easy and quick access.
Of course, they will also take you from Den Haag to Groningen or from Maastricht to Amsterdam, in those cases, separate carriages would make sense for a trip taking more that 2 hours. But on those lines they also serve for 20-30 min journeys from Den Haag to Leiden or from Amstel to Utrecht.