The invention discloses a transport mechanism for tunnel construction, which comprises a travelling trolley, a lift mechanism and a lateral movement mechanism, the travelling trolley can move forward and back ward along a horizontal movement track, the lift mechanism can stably lift an article to be transported, the lateral movement mechanism can drive the lift mechanism to synchronously move to the left and the right, and is mounted on the travelling trolley, the lift mechanism is firmly mounted on the lateral movement mechanism, and the travelling trolley, the lateral movement mechanism andthe lift mechanism are a forward and backward alignment mechanism, a leftward and rightward alignment mechanism and an upward and downward alignment mechanism which can respectively align the articleto be transported in longitudinal, transverse and vertical directions. The transport mechanism has the advantages of simple structure, reasonable design, safe and reliable working performance and good use effect, is convenient to assemble and easy and convenient to operate, and can effectively solve a variety of practical problems in the movement and accurate positioning of hoisted articles in the process of tunnel construction, such as high working difficulty, low mounting efficiency, high labor intensity and long construction period.