An elevator apparatus comprising: a car that is raised and lowered within a hoistway; a car guide rail that guides raising and lowering of the car; an output portion that electrically detects an abnormality in an elevator using at least one sensor and outputs an actuation signal to a safety device, when the abnormality is detected; the car being equipped with the safety device, the safety device comprising: a braking member that is mounted on the car and brakes the car through abutment on the car guide rail, and the safety device further comprising: an actuator portion, connected to the braking member, to which the actuation signal from the output portion is input, and the elevator apparatus further comprising: mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) for mechanically detecting an abnormality in the elevator and for mechanically transmitting a control force to the braking member of the safety device, wherein the braking member of the safety device is caused to perform braking operation when the actuation signal is input to the actuator portion from the output portion, and even in a case where no actuation signal has been input to the actuator portion, the braking member is caused to perform braking operation by a control force mechanically transmitted from the mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) to the braking member of the safety device, when the mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) detects an abnormality. a car that is raised and lowered within a hoistway; a car guide rail that guides raising and lowering of the car; an output portion that electrically detects an abnormality in an elevator using at least one sensor and outputs an actuation signal to a safety device, when the abnormality is detected; the car being equipped with the safety device, the safety device comprising: a braking member that is mounted on the car and brakes the car through abutment on the car guide rail, and the safety device further comprising: an actuator portion, connected to the braking member, to which the actuation signal from the output portion is input, and the elevator apparatus further comprising: mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) for mechanically detecting an abnormality in the elevator and for mechanically transmitting a control force to the braking member of the safety device, wherein the braking member of the safety device is caused to perform braking operation when the actuation signal is input to the actuator portion from the output portion, and even in a case where no actuation signal has been input to the actuator portion, the braking member is caused to perform braking operation by a control force mechanically transmitted from the mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) to the braking member of the safety device, when the mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) detects an abnormality. mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) for mechanically detecting an abnormality in the elevator and for mechanically transmitting a control force to the braking member of the safety device, wherein the braking member of the safety device is caused to perform braking operation when the actuation signal is input to the actuator portion from the output portion, and even in a case where no actuation signal has been input to the actuator portion, the braking member is caused to perform braking operation by a control force mechanically transmitted from the mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) to the braking member of the safety device, when the mechanical detection means (209, 219, 225, 243) detects an abnormality.