To provide a rope-type elevator capable of simultaneously improving an elevating speed and saving a space.

This rope-type elevator comprises a decelerating means for decelerating an elevating speed of a car 102 from a predetermined position at a lower part with respect to a deceleration starting position necessary for the car 102 to stop at an uppermost floor 140, for example, an operating member 130 mounted on the car 102, a cam 131 for operating the operating member 130 at a predetermined position, and a controller outputting a deceleration signal to a hoist 106 ire accordance with the operation of the operating member 130, and an overhead 143 can be set low by comparatively reducing a jumping distance of the car 102 in collision of a balancing weight 3 with a bottom of a hoistway 101, even when the elevator is operated at a comparatively high elevating speed.