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It means the bus that was expected / awaited / the bus people were waiting for.
In this sentence, ожидаемый does not mean that the bus itself is doing the expecting. It means the bus was the object of expectation. So the idea is:
- people expected the bus
- people were waiting for the bus
- but it never arrived
Depending on context, English might render it as the expected bus, the awaited bus, or more naturally the bus we were waiting for.
It is originally a participle, more specifically a present passive participle from ожидать.
So:
- ожидать = to expect, await
- ожидаемый = expected, awaited, being expected
In many real sentences, though, it behaves very much like an adjective. That means it declines like an adjective and agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case.
A useful detail: it comes from ожидать, not directly from ждать. English speakers often learn ждать first, but forms like ожидаемый are based on ожидать and sound more natural in this kind of written style.