Original transport and reading apparatus

An original transport and reading apparatus, comprising:

• an original transport portion that transports an original, an original reading portion that reads the original transported by the original transport portion through a reading region of an optically transmissive member, and a control portion that controls the original transport portion,
• wherein the control portion executes foreign matter removal at the reading region of the optically transmissive member by controlling the original transport portion so as to cause the original to advance, without turning over the original, in a reverse direction to a transport direction of when the original is being read and causes the original to contact at least the reading region of the optically transmissive member.