A transportation apparatus comprising: a plurality of transportation members that are arranged in a transportation direction for a medium and transport the medium; a plurality of drive units that drive the plurality of transportation members; and a control unit that controls the plurality of drive units in such a manner as to increase transportation velocities of the plurality of drive units in order from drive units for driving transportation members on a downstream side in the transportation direction to drive units for driving transportation members on an upstream side in the transportation direction, characterized by further comprising: a transportation path switching part that switches a transportation path between a first transportation path and a second transportation path having a greater path length than the first transportation path and joining the first transportation path, wherein the plurality of transportation members transports a medium for which the transportation path has been switched to the first transportation path by the transportation path switching part, and the control unit controls the plurality of drive units such that an equal length of time is required before a medium arrives at a joining path where the first and second transportation paths (R1, R2)join between a case where the medium is transported to the first transportation path and a case where the medium is transported to the second transportation path. a plurality of transportation members that are arranged in a transportation direction for a medium and transport the medium; a plurality of drive units that drive the plurality of transportation members; and a control unit that controls the plurality of drive units in such a manner as to increase transportation velocities of the plurality of drive units in order from drive units for driving transportation members on a downstream side in the transportation direction to drive units for driving transportation members on an upstream side in the transportation direction, characterized by further comprising: a transportation path switching part that switches a transportation path between a first transportation path and a second transportation path having a greater path length than the first transportation path and joining the first transportation path, wherein the plurality of transportation members transports a medium for which the transportation path has been switched to the first transportation path by the transportation path switching part, and the control unit controls the plurality of drive units such that an equal length of time is required before a medium arrives at a joining path where the first and second transportation paths (R1, R2)join between a case where the medium is transported to the first transportation path and a case where the medium is transported to the second transportation path. a transportation path switching part that switches a transportation path between a first transportation path and a second transportation path having a greater path length than the first transportation path and joining the first transportation path, wherein the plurality of transportation members transports a medium for which the transportation path has been switched to the first transportation path by the transportation path switching part, and the control unit controls the plurality of drive units such that an equal length of time is required before a medium arrives at a joining path where the first and second transportation paths (R1, R2)join between a case where the medium is transported to the first transportation path and a case where the medium is transported to the second transportation path.