A transport vehicle system comprising: a track provided in a manner extending over a plurality of areas (A1, A2, A3); a plurality of transport vehicles configured to travel in one direction along the track; a plurality of placement units (8, 80A, 80B, 80C) disposed along the track and configured for each transport vehicle to deliver or receive an article to or from the placement units (8, 80A, 80B, 80C); and a plurality of area controllers (50A, 50B, 50C) each configured to receive, from a host controller, a conveyance instruction to convey an article placed on one of the placement units (8, 80A, 80B, 80C) in one of the areas (A1, A2, A3) representing a jurisdiction area (A1, A2, A3) associated with an area controller (50A, 50B, 50C), and cause a transport vehicle in the jurisdiction area to execute various instructions, wherein a placement unit (80A, 80B, 80C) belonging to a special section in one of the jurisdiction areas (A2, A3), which is a section that is unable to be entered without passing through another jurisdiction area different from the one jurisdiction area (A2, A3), represents a special placement unit (80A, 80B, 80C), wherein each area controller (50B, 50C), when having received from the host controller a conveyance instruction destined for a special placement unit (80A, 80B, 80C) belonging to the own jurisdiction area (A2, A3) that is the jurisdiction area (A2, A3) associated with the area controller (50B, 50C), is configured to when an empty transport vehicle is not present in the own jurisdiction area, transmit to another area controller amovement instruction to cause an empty transport vehicle to move toward the own jurisdiction area (A2, A3), the other area controller being configured to control the empty transport vehicle in a jurisdiction area associated with the other area controller, and also to cause an empty transport vehicle that has become available in the own jurisdiction area (A2, A3) after transmission of the movement instruction to execute the conveyance instruction. a track provided in a manner extending over a plurality of areas (A1, A2, A3); a plurality of transport vehicles configured to travel in one direction along the track; a plurality of placement units (8, 80A, 80B, 80C) disposed along the track and configured for each transport vehicle to deliver or receive an article to or from the placement units (8, 80A, 80B, 80C); and a plurality of area controllers (50A, 50B, 50C) each configured to receive, from a host controller, a conveyance instruction to convey an article placed on one of the placement units (8, 80A, 80B, 80C) in one of the areas (A1, A2, A3) representing a jurisdiction area (A1, A2, A3) associated with an area controller (50A, 50B, 50C), and cause a transport vehicle in the jurisdiction area to execute various instructions, wherein a placement unit (80A, 80B, 80C) belonging to a special section in one of the jurisdiction areas (A2, A3), which is a section that is unable to be entered without passing through another jurisdiction area different from the one jurisdiction area (A2, A3), represents a special placement unit (80A, 80B, 80C), wherein each area controller (50B, 50C), when having received from the host controller a conveyance instruction destined for a special placement unit (80A, 80B, 80C) belonging to the own jurisdiction area (A2, A3) that is the jurisdiction area (A2, A3) associated with the area controller (50B, 50C), is configured to when an empty transport vehicle is not present in the own jurisdiction area, transmit to another area controller amovement instruction to cause an empty transport vehicle to move toward the own jurisdiction area (A2, A3), the other area controller being configured to control the empty transport vehicle in a jurisdiction area associated with the other area controller, and also to cause an empty transport vehicle that has become available in the own jurisdiction area (A2, A3) after transmission of the movement instruction to execute the conveyance instruction.