Transport unit for a long stator linear motor, the transport unit - having a first guide side, which is positioned laterally with respect to a longitudinal direction (x) and on which a first guide group is arranged, - having a second guide side, which is positioned laterally with respect to the longitudinal direction (x) and on which a second guide group is arranged, the second guide side being opposite the first guide side, - having a first magnet side, which is positioned laterally with respect to the longitudinal direction (x) and faces outwards, and which extends in the longitudinal direction (x) over a first longitudinal extent from a first start (I1a) to a first end (I1e), - having a second magnet side, which is positioned laterally with respect to the longitudinal direction (x) and faces outwards, and which extends in the longitudinal direction (x) over a second longitudinal extent from a second start (I2a) to a second end (I2e), the first magnet side being opposite the second magnet side and the center of the first longitudinal extent and the center of the second longitudinal extent being opposite one another, wherein - the transport unit has, on the first magnet side at a first test distance starting from the center of the first longitudinal extent in the direction of the first end (I1e), a magnetic variable having a first value, and has, on the first magnet side at the first test distance starting from the center of the first longitudinal extent in the direction of the first start (I1a), a magnetic variable having a second value which corresponds to the first value, wherein - the transport unit has, on the second magnet side at a second test distance starting from the center of the second longitudinal extent in the direction of the second end (I2e), a magnetic variable having a third value, wherein - the transport unit has, on the second magnet side at the second test distance starting from the center of the second longitudinal extent in the direction of the second start (I2a), a magnetic variable having a fourth value that corresponds to the third value, the first and second value (w1, w2) differing from the third and fourth value (w3, w4), characterized in that - the second guide group being configured so as to be equivalent to the first guide group in terms of guidance, and in that - guide groups being equivalent in terms of guidance are interchangeable after a rotation of the transport unit by 180 degrees about an axis lying in the longitudinal direction (x) or even about an axis of the transport unit lying in vertical direction (z). - having a first guide side, which is positioned laterally with respect to a longitudinal direction (x) and on which a first guide group is arranged, - having a second guide side, which is positioned laterally with respect to the longitudinal direction (x) and on which a second guide group is arranged, the second guide side being opposite the first guide side, - having a first magnet side, which is positioned laterally with respect to the longitudinal direction (x) and faces outwards, and which extends in the longitudinal direction (x) over a first longitudinal extent from a first start (I1a) to a first end (I1e), - having a second magnet side, which is positioned laterally with respect to the longitudinal direction (x) and faces outwards, and which extends in the longitudinal direction (x) over a second longitudinal extent from a second start (I2a) to a second end (I2e), the first magnet side being opposite the second magnet side and the center of the first longitudinal extent and the center of the second longitudinal extent being opposite one another, wherein - the transport unit has, on the first magnet side at a first test distance starting from the center of the first longitudinal extent in the direction of the first end (I1e), a magnetic variable having a first value, and has, on the first magnet side at the first test distance starting from the center of the first longitudinal extent in the direction of the first start (I1a), a magnetic variable having a second value which corresponds to the first value, wherein - the transport unit has, on the second magnet side at a second test distance starting from the center of the second longitudinal extent in the direction of the second end (I2e), a magnetic variable having a third value, wherein - the transport unit has, on the second magnet side at the second test distance starting from the center of the second longitudinal extent in the direction of the second start (I2a), a magnetic variable having a fourth value that corresponds to the third value, the first and second value (w1, w2) differing from the third and fourth value (w3, w4), characterized in that - the second guide group being configured so as to be equivalent to the first guide group in terms of guidance, and in that - guide groups being equivalent in terms of guidance are interchangeable after a rotation of the transport unit by 180 degrees about an axis lying in the longitudinal direction (x) or even about an axis of the transport unit lying in vertical direction (z).