Provides is a driving apparatus including a casing, a driving section, a slider, a coil spring, and a cable having a cable end, wherein: the slider includes an engaging section to which the cable end is attached and a spring accommodating section which accommodates a part of the coil spring; the slider moves in association with the cable when moving to one side of moving direction D1 by a driving force of the driving section, and moves relative to the cable when moving to the other side of moving direction D1 by a biasing force of the coil spring; and when the slider moves to the other side of moving direction D1 by the biasing force of the coil spring, the coil spring extends while accommodating the cable end of the cable in an inner space of the coil spring.