A transport device including a support body having an upper part on which a plurality of articles can be arranged; an unloading device which pushes the plurality of articles arranged on the support body; a belt conveyor which transports the articles pushed out from the support body; a slider which moves the articles arranged on the support body and also moves the articles arranged on the conveyor belt, thereby separating the articles; and a lift which is disposed between the support body and the conveyor belt and which rises to a higher position than the upper surfaces of both the support body and the conveyor belt when the articles arranged on the support body and the articles arranged on the conveyor belt have been separated.