Transport apparatus and recording apparatus

A transport apparatus comprising:

• a mounting section on which a medium is to be mounted, the mounting section being configured to be moved, as a moving direction, in a pull direction in which the mounting section is pulled from an apparatus body or in an accommodation direction opposite to the pull direction;
• a drive section configured to drive the mounting section in the moving direction;
• and
• a protection section configured to be switched between a protection state for protecting the drive section and a release state for releasing protection of the drive section, wherein
• the mounting section has a driven section that engages with the drive section and is driven by the drive section,
• when the driven section engages with the drive section, the protection section is in the release state, and
• when the driven section does not engage with the drive section, the protection section is in the protection state.