You could say that the Netherlands is more suited to trains because it is flat and easy to build tracks on. Or because it is dense. Or maybe the Netherlands is

You could say that the Netherlands is more suited to trains because it is flat and easy to build tracks on. Or because it is dense. Or maybe the Netherlands is poorly suited to trains because it is dense and difficult to get suitable land. And because it has ports and is close to north sea oil, so why not use cars? Switzerland and the Netherlands have trains because they made a decision to develop that strength, not because of their (polar opposite) geographies.