Fastest lift/elevator in Europe!! Kone @ Leadenhall Building (aka. Cheese Grater)

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Link to View/Tour from Leadenhall Building:

This lift can go 8m/s , which can go from 0 to 45 floor in 30 seconds. On top of that, this lift is fully computerised (no buttons inside). Really enjoyed this ride :) . For more visit here:

PLEASE NOTE: The video was recorded in 2014 which back then it was officially the fastest elevator in Europe but I'm sure in the future there will be more faster ones :)

[express]

they are some piece of engineering, best lifts i have seen in ages good job they are scenic, allows people to see how much work goes into installing lifts. great video.

[TexanElevators]

This is the most incredible set of elevators I've ever come across. It would be an absolute dream to ride these. Absolutely incredible.

[funcik]

PLEASE NOTE: The video was recorded in 2014 which back then it was officially the fastest elevator in Europe but I'm sure in the future there will be more faster ones :)

[lovelifts]

That looks like Kone at their absolute best! I would love to ride those! :)

[hagist]

The fastest elevator in Europe is standing in Berlin (Germany) and was build in 1999 in the Kollhoff-Tower by ThyssenKrupp Aufzüge.
Maximum speed is 8, 5 m/s
:D

[psirvent]

I want to surf it !
(And I think BENO would be interested in that too !)

[gianluca]

Nice video and great view from the top. However the fastest elevator in Europe travels 8.5 m/s and is located in the Kollhoff building in Berlin.

[alexstanton]

There is a cheese grater in Brisbane called 111 George St and it has modded Kone lifts but photography is not allowed; it has guards!

[ALANSWEETIES]

I don't ride that elevator like a "tall of tower building". Is too scary for this elevator the way up so fastest!!!

[herklegend]

it is not called automatically its got destination dispatch and its on proirity service meaning someone (like security) is sending it to your floor

[ThorKipperberg]

the fastest elevator in the world/europe is not placed in any highrise building or scyscraper, its actually placed inside a themepark attraction at the Disney parks, its the elevator inside Tower Of terror, and what makes the attraction work and so scary. the elevator is just a specialized version of a normal elevator car, and works just the same, its just much bigger and faster and far more powerfull than a normal ordinary highspeed elevator. A heavy duty steel cable creates a loop of cable attached both the top and bottom of the elevator car.the heavy counterweight is placed at the opposite side of the loop, the same cable loop and motor that pulls the car up, also pulls it down.The motors that runs the elevator car is, 12´tall, 7´ wide, and 35´ long, wich makes each motor for each elevator shaft the size of a car garage, about 3 times larger than any highspeed elevator in the world.They are not only huge, they are also incredible heavy, and they are placed at the top of the building, they weigh about 132, 000 lbs, wich means that they exert 432 pounds pr square foot on the steelframe they rest on, the hotel facade is not bearing structure its just buildt around it to look nice, . How many motors are there in TOT in Florida? it has 6 huge motors, 4 for each of the back lift shafts, used for the lift sequence into the 5th dimension and, 2 for the drop sequence in the 2 fall shafts, the other TOT attraction rides has only 3 motors as all the action happens in one of the shafts.The Motors accelerates 10 tons 15 times faster than any of the fastest elevators in the world, in case you are wondering the torque generated to move the cars up and down the elevator shaft is equvivalent to 275 corvette engines, the elewator car, travels at 39 mhp, wich is faster than acceleration of gravity it self, the wind you feel inside the ride shaft is fake, thats made of gigantic fans at the bottom of the shaft blowing wind up inside it.So when you are on TOT, you dont fall, but are pulled down in a controlled manner, faster than gravity, . The fastest normal highspeed elevator travels safely at about 37, 3 mph, wich is fast, and are considered the worlds fastest public elevator, but actually it is not the worlds fastest elevator, that cary people!, that elevator is the record breaking elevator named Tower Of Terror, buckle up ! sit down and relax, you are about to travel into the 5 dimension, you are about to travel into, the twilightzone, .

[johnnyjones]

Thought she said "Fourteenth floor" and i thought thats not that fast for only 14 floors then i saw the screen lol..

[brandonb]

An empty counterweight frame? How the hell?!

[celovity_]

Where is the bulding of this Location/City?

[_GhostMiner]

"the lift is computerized"
That sounds weird. I think "automated" sounds better.

[alexrm]

It's not the only one in Europe, travelling at 8 m/s.
Since 2011 there's this one in Milan (Palazzo Lombardia or Lombardy Tower), 39 floors in about 20 seconds, by ThyssenKrupp.  

[hartiageescalatorsandlifts]

I love kone escalators and the elevators

[SParchitects]

RSHP aesthetic is pure technology poetry

[AeronFarrell]

Is this even open to the public I'd love to see these

[TrevorBerridge]

This is the absolute coolest elevator installation I have ever seen. Just stunning. However, I'm guessing it's very hard to get into the building.