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Cross country on Camp Hill line?

I was on a Cross Country train today from Cheltenham to Manchester.  I was
expecting it to go into the west end of New Street and reverse out to head
off to Wolverhampton.
Instead we slowed down at Kings Norton and crossed over to take the Camp
Hill route and go into New Street from the east, passing all the way
through the station to get to the west side to head off to Wolverhampton.

Can someone enlighten me as to why it goes this way - I though New Street
was really congested so it would have made more sense to go in at one end
and reverse out again.

Is it to keep up route knowledge?  To avoid running the service in reverse
formation?  To introduce slack in the timetable (to give the option of
running into the west to catch up if late)?

Despite getting checked several times on the approach to New Street we
still arrived 20 mins before departure time which makes me think it was a
deliberate diversion.

peter

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