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Millburn Yard is a marshalling yard which was laid out in 1943 as a wartime provision during the Second World War, there being insufficient sidings in Inverness. The yard remains in use today. It is located to the east of Inverness station on the north side of the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway). The yard is approached from the east. The yard is an expansion of earlier sidings which served a permanent way depot with a large loading bank.

Needlefield Goods, additional goods sidings with warehousing, were also added to supplement Inverness Goods. These sidings are to the south of the yard sidings, north of the Needlefield Carriage Sidings and running lines.

To allow access to this new yard from the Aberdeen route a new Millburn Wartime Connection was added, this approached the yard on a steep gradient going west from Raigmore Level Crossing to a connection with the direct line by Millburn Junction. This connection has been referred to as the 'Burma Road'.

A replacement Millburn Junction signal box opened in 1943. The new box was between the Aviemore and Nairn lines on the west side of the Mill Burn.

The Millburn Wartime Connection was taken out 1987, in advance of resignalling.

Millburn Yard had heated sidings associated with the bitumen traffic to Culloden Moor. Trains from the south ran to Millburn to run round and return south to Culloden

Sidings remain open and there is a rail served cement depot today. With the closure of Inverness Goods the yard and Needlefield Goods comprise the freight depot in Inverness.

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