A portable guide device is characterized by comprising a transport
facility start judgment means for judging that a transport facility has
begun to move if a period where an acceleration detected by an
acceleration sensor (SN3) is included continuously in an acceleration
range at the time of starting movement is not shorter than the
acceleration continuation time; a distance calculation means for
calculating the moving distance of the transport facility according to an
acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor (SN3) when start of
movement of the transport facility is detected; a route information
storage means (KC6A) for storing route information including information
on a distance between stations of the transport facility and station
identifying information for identifying each station; and an announcement
device control means (KC1) for controlling an announcement unit (11)
which announces guidance of a station to a user of the portable guide
device according to the station identification information on an
entraining station, route information, and the moving distance.