The invention discloses a counter-weight-free traction type passenger elevator, which relates to an elevator structure, in particular to a counter-weight-free traction type elevator structure. The counter-weight-free traction type passenger elevator comprises a steel structure, a lift car, a guide wheel, a traction wheel, a traction machine, a traction steel wire rope, a gantry crane, a landing door device, a buffer, a guide rail, a speed limiter steel wire rope and a speed limiter tensioning wheel, wherein the steel structure consists of vertical framework beams and transverse framework beams, the lift car, the guide wheel, the traction wheel, the traction machine, the traction steel wire rope, the gantry crane, the landing door device, the buffer, the guide rail, the speed limiter steel wire rope and the speed limiter tensioning wheel are arranged in the steel structure, a pair of guide rails are arranged at the left side and the right side of the inner side of the steel structure, the lift car is arranged in the steel structure and is glidingly matched with the guide rails, the traction steel wire rope is arranged on the lift car, the traction wheel, the traction machine and the guide wheel, the gantry crane and the landing door device are arranged on the lift car, the bottom of the steel structure is provided with a buffer, and one side of the traction steel wire rope is provided with the speed limiter tensioning wheel. The invention provides the counter-weight-free traction type passenger elevator with the advantages that the area utilization rate of hoistways is improved, the matched facility cost of buildings is reduced, and the installation and the debugging are convenient.