Abstract: A transport, storage and sequencing system for goods includes at least two access stations and a dedicated bidirectional transport way, including two transport lanes for accommodating a plurality of transport units running in both directions, along a transport route linking the at least two access stations. The transport way includes a service lane extending along an essential proportion of the transport route, the transport units being selectively divertable between the transport lanes and the service lane. The system further includes a control system for controlling movement of the plurality of transport units in such a way that selected transport units are temporarily stored on the service lane for a determinable time interval; and/ or a sequence of transport units is modified using the service lane in preparation of further processing of a subset of the transport units in one of the access stations and/or in a subsequent transporting stage.