An elevator apparatus comprising: a car; a braking device that stops motion of the car; and a safety circuit that has a plurality of contacts (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a, 46, 47, 48) that are connected to each other in series, and that makes the car stop urgently using the braking device if at least one of the contacts (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a, 46, 47, 48) is opened; characterized by a deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) that reduces braking force from the braking device to reduce deceleration of the car during the urgent stopping of the car by the braking device, wherein: a disabling contact (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) that is constituted by at least one preselected contact, and an enabling contact (46, 47, 48) that is constituted by at least one contact that does not include the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) are included in the contacts (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a, 46, 47, 48); and the safety circuit is configured so as to disable deceleration reducing control by the deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) when the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) is opened, and so as to enable deceleration reducing control by the deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) if the enabling contact (46, 47, 48) is open and the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) is closed. a car; a braking device that stops motion of the car; and a safety circuit that has a plurality of contacts (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a, 46, 47, 48) that are connected to each other in series, and that makes the car stop urgently using the braking device if at least one of the contacts (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a, 46, 47, 48) is opened; characterized by a deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) that reduces braking force from the braking device to reduce deceleration of the car during the urgent stopping of the car by the braking device, wherein: a disabling contact (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) that is constituted by at least one preselected contact, and an enabling contact (46, 47, 48) that is constituted by at least one contact that does not include the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) are included in the contacts (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a, 46, 47, 48); and the safety circuit is configured so as to disable deceleration reducing control by the deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) when the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) is opened, and so as to enable deceleration reducing control by the deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) if the enabling contact (46, 47, 48) is open and the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) is closed. a disabling contact (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) that is constituted by at least one preselected contact, and an enabling contact (46, 47, 48) that is constituted by at least one contact that does not include the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) are included in the contacts (41a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a, 46, 47, 48); and the safety circuit is configured so as to disable deceleration reducing control by the deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) when the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) is opened, and so as to enable deceleration reducing control by the deceleration-reducing brake control portion (19, 20) if the enabling contact (46, 47, 48) is open and the disabling contact (41 a, 42a, 43a, 44a, 45a) is closed.