Yes, rules definitely are there to be broken to prove they are rules in the first place! And you did really well and I LOVE that first photo here! When a station looks as photogenic as this one (PALM TREES :shock: I mean... gulp! PALM TREES on the side of train tracks!) and the sun "paints" the rails in this manner, you just HAVE to shoot against the rules!
Though I am now torn between the first and the second ... I like the "dipped into gold"-character of the second and the backlit hair of the person walking there plus the "golden platform" VERRRRY much, too!!!