The invention discloses a lifting appliance of a subway (urban) train, comprising a steel frame, a lift car, lifting devices, counterweight devices, guide devices, two-layered locking devices, an electric control system and the like; two longitudinal sides of the steel frame 1 are symmetrically provided with 16 steel posts, steel girders are mounted on the steel posts to form 15 groups of units, wherein 8 groups are lifting units, and 7 groups are counterweight units distributed at intervals; and the lifting devices 2 are respectively mounted on the lifting units, and the counterweight devices are respectively mounted on the counterweight units. The lift car 4 adopts a van type framework structure; hanging points of steel wire ropes of the guide devices, the two-layered locking devices, the lifting devices 2 and the counterweight devices 3 among the lift car 4 and the upright posts at the two longitudinal sides of the steel frame 1 are fixed on a top of the lift car 4.