Иногда у банкомата стоит длинная очередь, хотя внутри банка почти никого нет.

Sometimes there is a long line at the ATM, although inside the bank there is almost nobody.

Breakdown of Иногда у банкомата стоит длинная очередь, хотя внутри банка почти никого нет.

• стоять: to stand
• длинный: long
• у: at
• хотя: although

Questions & Answers about Иногда у банкомата стоит длинная очередь, хотя внутри банка почти никого нет.

Why is it у банкомата and not something like в банкомате or возле банкомата?

The preposition у with the genitive case is a very common way to say “at / by / near” something in Russian.

• у банкомата = at the ATM / by the ATM
• банкомата is genitive singular of банкомат.

You could also say возле банкомата (near the ATM), but у банкомата is shorter and very typical in everyday speech.

в банкомате would mean inside the ATM, which makes no sense for people standing in a queue.

What is the difference between банкомат and банк here?

• банкомат = ATM, cash machine. A device.
• банк = a bank as an institution and a building.

So the sentence contrasts:

• у банкомата – at the ATM (outside, where people stand in line)
• внутри банка – inside the bank building

The idea is: a long line at the machine, even though almost no one is inside the bank itself.

Why does it say стоит длинная очередь? Why use стоит (stands) instead of something like есть?