Abstract: A linear motor driven transport system is assembled from a number of basic operating blocks, each operating block being constituted by an operating block and a dedicated control facility which includes a controller. The basic block is obtained by dividing the entire system route into functional blocks, each block containing the essential operating elements such as tracks, branching standby tracks, carriers, stations and a controller to control these devices. A carrier can be called for a transport duty within one block as well as from any other operating block, and spare carriers are parked in standby tracks and can be called to duty in any operating blocks. When a carrier is available within a block, the movement of the carriers is controlled by a dedicated controller for that block based on the destination of the carrier and the carrier location based on output of position sensors disposed along the tracks.