The first of the 16 trains has already been moved to Shanghai by the manufacturer of the four-coach trains, CSR Nanjing, for shipping to India, said sources.
This metro line would be a 33.65-km rail link between Bangalore City Centre and Bangalore International Airport.
The 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is set to be operational by 2010-end. Mumbai Metro One, the special purpose vehicle formed to undertake construction, has selected CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Company -- a 100-year-old subsidiary of the government-owned China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation.