Dave:
On the other hand, LHR serves more Netherlands domestic destinations than AMS does.
The difference is that the Netherlands has a 24 hour train and bus service, while the UK does not. Unlike rail services into LHR, there is an hourly train service from all major Netherland cities into Schiphol, and so you do not need to arrive the night before for a morning departure, and incur the huge cost of another hotel bill.
Its called an integrated transport system - designed around the needs of the public, rather than around the needs of union bosses, lazy staff and brain-dead politicians whose only goal is to to always take the easiest option in order to chase votes.
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