To provide a guide-way traffic for guiding traffic means while changing a track along a rail by using a parted annular travel guide 1a or a parted annular guide rail 3b.

The parted annular travel guide 1a comprises a guide rope 3a thicker than a space between parted positions 2a, set away from a ground surface 5 with a column 4 thinner than the space between the parted portions 2a and connected to the traffic means with a guide rope 3a or a guide rod passing through a ring of the travel guide 1a for making the column 4 pass through the parted positions 2a. The guide rail 3b is formed into a sectional ring shape and the ring is provided with one parting line 2b for parting the ring and the column 4 to be set away from the ground surface. A travel guide tool 1b wider than the parting line 2b travels in the ring of the guide rail 3b for guiding the traffic means connected to the travel guide tool 1b on the outside of the parting line 2b.