The World's Fastest Elevator

A trip up one of the world's fastest elevators (36km/h), the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC), a staggering 492.0 metres tall (currently the world's second largest building, after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 829.84 m).

China are currently building a new tower called the Shanghai Tower (due for completion 2014), will surpass the Shanghai World Financial Centre as the worlds second tallest structure but will feature the world's fastest lifts developed by Mitsubishi whisking people up 632 metres (128 floors) at a speed of around 64.8km/h.

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The elevator featured in this video is currently tied equal 3rd fastest in the world, operating at a speed of around 36km/h;

1st - Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan; 60.6km/h
2nd - Yokohama Landmark Tower, Yokohama, Japan; 45km/h
=3rd
The Sunshine 60 Building, Tokyo, Japan (Mitsubishi); 36km/h
The Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China (ThyssenKrupp); 36 km/h
The China World Trade Center Tower III, Beijing, China (Schindler). 36 km/h

[thetoppatchannel]

Those elevator sounds sound like their about to time travel, or just travel, across the UNIVERSE, or, it was gonna EXPLODE

[ayeo]

USA elevators: *depressed chime elevator*
China elevators: 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱

[haneybutterpie]

This elevator seriously looks like a spaceship or like a time travel machine

[MrMovieMan]

Wellcome to your destination:
"Earth 1, universe 3"

[leicabantog]

The elevator's ceiling could hypnotize someone

[creeper_]

Plot twist: The elevator was not moving the whole time

[fbizaiadox]

Imagine going down and just slamming into the roof

[bayani]

Plot twist: the elevator isn't moving, the building is

[mr.iceberg]

I thought the height was floor number for a sec.

[rafiq]

Me after taking 1 step outside:
*Vomits ferociously

[mnnwdr]

plot twist: the building only have 2 floor

[_ShaDynasty]

so you would need to experience this psychedelic freak out every morning to get to the office?

[nyxta]

Imagine the brakes stop working and before you know it you're on MARS!

[Bia-starlight]

Plot twist: They're travelling in time.

[prateektopinkatti]

*Enters inside*
Everyone: *Fasinated by how insanely fast it goes*
Elevator: *opens to the same floor they were on*

[MrWhite-pnui]

All the effects would get old real quick if you used that every day. Must be a tourist trap.

[roseyt]

Me watching this: Cool.

My anxiety: **HEAVY BREATHING**

[TheLunarNights]

Imagine after this the elevator voice says
*You have now reached the Andromeda Galaxy*

[YokoshimaSTAR]

Designers: Let's make the people ride it even more stressed with life by reminding them of their heart pulses and death.

[Mcbruuh]

Plot twist: this was willy wonka's elevator and that guy recording was charlie.