 When the pier opened on 5 June 1867 , again under Cecil Hugh Smyth Pigott , many of the people of Weston @-@ super @-@ Mare were given a holiday and a banquet was held in the Town Hall . The toll to walk on the pier was 1d ( an old penny ) , but this was quickly raised to 2d , which was the maximum fee permitted by the General Pier and Harbour Act 1861 . 120 @,@ 000 people paid the toll in the first three months . A tramway system was installed to carry the luggage of passengers arriving at the pier . 
