Image reading apparatus

An image reading apparatus, comprising:

• a document transport portion including a transport mechanism configured to transport a document;
• a first transport guide which is provided in the document transport portion and which is configured to guide a document transported in a transport direction by the transport mechanism;
• a second transport guide which is at least partially arranged on a downstream side of the first transport guide in the transport direction and which is configured to guide a document transported in the transport direction;
• and
• an image reading portion which includes a reading unit provided with the second transport guide and configured to read, at a reading position, an image of a document having passed through a transport path formed by the first transport guide and the second transport guide, wherein
• the transport path includes a first transport region and a second transport region that differs from the first transport region in an intersecting direction that intersects with the transport direction, and
• a document is guided from the first transport guide to the reading position in the first transport region and guided in an order of the first transport guide, the second transport guide, and the reading position in the second transport region.