Article Transport Facility

An article transport facility, comprising:

• a plurality of transport vehicles configured to travel along a travel path to transport articles, the plurality of transport vehicles comprising a target transport vehicle and at least one subsequent transport vehicle subsequent to the target vehicle;
• and
• a control system configured to control the plurality of transport vehicles, and
• wherein:
• the travel path comprises a branch at which a pre-branching section of the travel path branches into a plurality of post-branching sections of the travel path, the plurality of post-branching sections comprising a first post-branching section and a second post-branching section, the second post-branching section being different from the first post-branching section, and
• the control system is configured to perform subsequent-vehicle prioritization if the plurality of transport vehicles satisfy a condition that the target transport vehicle proceeding to the first post-branching section is expected to stop in the pre-branching section based on traffic in the first post-branching section and the at least one subsequent transport vehicle is proceeding to the second post-branching section, the subsequent-vehicle prioritization being a process of causing the target transport vehicle to change a course and proceed to a post-branching section different from the first post-branching section and included in the plurality of post-branching sections to allow the at least one subsequent transport vehicle to travel into the second post-branching section.