An article transport facility is provided which can allow transport carriages to travel with sufficient stability while avoiding damages to any transport carriage when the connection to another adjacent transport carriage is disengaged. Each of a plurality of transport carriages, which forms a carriage sequence, includes a carriage main body (6), a wheel (8) which rolls on a travel surface (26a) formed along the travel path, a first connecting portion (10) provided to a forward end portion of the carriage main body (6), and a second connecting portion (11) provided to a back end portion of the carriage main body (6). And the first connecting portion (10) is connected to the second connecting portion (11) of another transport carriage that is immediately in front so as to be pivotable about a carriage pivot axis (P1) extending along a vertical direction. The wheel (8) is provided in the forward end portion of the carriage main body (6). And the wheel (8) and the carriage pivot axis (P1) of the first connecting portion (10) overlap with each other as seen along a carriage lateral direction.