Dubai, inside Burj Khalifa Elevator - speed 600 metres per minute - the braking - Ascensore superveloce

Burj Khalifa, 828-metre high, shares the third position on the list with maximum elevator speed of 600 metres per minute, or 36kmph. Burj Khalifa will be home to 57 elevators and 8 escalators The building service/fireman's elevator will have a capacity of 5,500 kg and will be the world's tallest service elevator. Burj Khalifa will be the first mega-high rise in which certain elevators will be programmed to permit controlled evacuation for certain fire or security events. Burj Khalifa's Observatory elevators are double deck cabs with a capacity for 12-14 people per cab. Traveling at 10 metres per second, they will have the world's longest travel distance from lowest to highest stop. the fastest elevator in the world is Taipei 101. Costing over $2 million each, the two elevators in the tower travel at a speed of 1,010 metres per minute, or 60 kilometres per hour (km/h). There are 61 elevators in the 501-metre high skyscraper. Following Taipei 101, is the elevator in Japan's Yokohama Landmark Tower, 296 metre high, which manages a speed of 750 metres per minute, or 45 kmph.