The railway system alone revolutionized Victorian transportation. Consider this a horse gallops, at maximum, 55mph. The express train could reach up to 80mph. The rail system extended throughout major cities such as Birmingham and Liverpool. This made the transport of food, news, medicine all much more feasible. Pleasure travel could now occur reasonably for the masses. It was like a whole new world opened up.
The electric telegraph was also a huge jump forward for communications. Instant communication compared to letter delivery, who would want to go back?
Now we look at the telegraph and it is archaic. People can now talk at their watch and it functions the same as a cell phone. We however would not be as technologically advanced as we are today without some of the innovations that came about during the Victorian Era.
Oh and while it was horrible and bad, we cannot forget British Imperialism and how that did in fact help the spread of information, technology and medicine.
Humanities 101 