While more and more towers are building around the world, elevators play an important role in this expansion to the sky. Indeed, they allow to reach the last floors in a record time. For some, the speed is very high. The world tour of the fastest lifts.
It is far from the time we had to take the stairs to reach the floors. Today, the elevator is part of our life. In buildings and buildings, it is even more so. But then, how long does it take to go all the way up a tower that makes several hundred meters? The lifts are much more than devices that improve our comfort of life, they are real bolides that climb and descend at full speed. Let's discover together some of the fastest lifts in the world.
11. Stratosphere Tower – Las Vegas – 32,94 km/h
The famous Stratosphere tower in Las Vegas, 350 metres high, has lifts that can take tourists to the top in 30 seconds. 11th of this classification is the highest observation tower in the United States.
10. John Hancock Center – Chicago – 33 km/h
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In the 10th place of the ranking, the John Hancock Center is located in Chicago. A building high of 374 meters. To climb to the top, only 38 seconds of lift is a speed of 33 km/h. A lift from the Otis brand that avoids you walking the 1632 steps of the tower.
9=. China World Trade Center Tower III – Beijing – 35,40 km/h
In Beijing, you can climb up Tower III of the China World Trade Center in just 33 seconds. How? Thanks to the supersonic elevator built by Schindler. A speed of 35,40 km/h not negligible to survey this tower of 330 meters high.
9=. World Financial Center - Shanghai - 35,40 km/h
We stay in China with the World Financial Center. A 491 metre high tower with a lift capable of reaching the speed of 35,40 km/h in full power. So you can hope to reach the top in 49 seconds. We owe this elevator to Thyssen Krupp.
9=. Sunshine 60 – Tokyo – 35,40 km/h
At the same time as the two previous Chinese buildings, the Sunshine 60, located in Tokyo, Japan, has a lift capable of climbing and descending at 35,40 km/h. A necessary and very appreciable speed to admire the view at 240 meters high. An ascent in 24 seconds thanks to Mitsubishi.
6. Burj Khalifa – 36 km/h
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The Burj Khalifa , the highest tower in the world (in 2015) with its 828 meters, does not have the fastest lift in the world. To get there, Otis planned a bolide capable of climbing 36 km/h, 1 minute and 22 seconds to climb up to the top.
5. One World Trade Center – New York – 36.72 km/h
Inaugurated recently, the New York One World Trade Center offers a climb and a descent to 36.72 km/h. In addition during your climb, you will have the chance to explore the history of the United States to the top, 541 meters away.
4. Landmark Tower – Yokohama – Japan – 45 km/h
We return to Japan for the fourth place in this ranking. The Landmark Tower located in Yokohama is 295 metres. Its Mitsubishi-signed elevators can reach the speed of 45 km/h at full power. In other words, you simply need 24 seconds to go all the way up.
3. Taipei 101 – Taiwan – 60,48 km/h
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On the third step of the podium, we find the elevator of Taipei 101. For a long time the fastest lift in the world with its speed of 60.48 km/h, it has been deactivated since. Yet in just 30 seconds to 500 metres high, Toshiba’s gear had a great look.
2. CTF Finance Centre – Guangzhou – China – 72km/h
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The lift at the CTF Finance Centre in Guangzhou, which opened in 2016, was the fastest in the world for a while. Hitachi indicated that the elevators reached 72 km/h. This performance currently ranks second in the fastest elevator race in the world, for this building of 530 meters high.
1. Shanghai Tower - 73.8 km/h
Yes, but here, Mitsubishi took things in hand and equipped the Shanghai Tower with lifts that can reach the speed of 73.8 km/h. An incredible capacity to climb the 632 meters high, the second highest tower in the world .
Although some sources contradict each other, the speeds that can be slightly different, we can establish this ranking in condition even if the building in Guangzhou is not yet operational.
As a comparison, elevators in France
Far behind, we find two of our Parisian monuments. The elevators of the Eiffel Tower mount at a pace of 7.2 km/h. It is impossible for visitors to hope for extreme sensations.
The Montparnasse Tower, it, is in another category. Since 2009, elevators have climbed and descended at a speed of 18 km/h. But before, the speed was 22 km/h. Not bad but still very far from the leaders of this ranking.
Main photo credit: Shanghai Tower via The Times
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